Definition for Keep:

• k[= e]p, v.t. to have the care of: to guard: to maintain: to manage: to have in one's service: to hold for one's own use or enjoyment: to remain in: to adhere to: to practise: not to lose: to maintain hold upon: to restrain from departure: to preserve in a certain state: to maintain: to fulfill.-- v.i. to remain in any position or state: to remain fresh: to last or endure: to continue: to adhere: to have rooms at college ( Cambridge):--- pr.p. keep'ing; pa.t. and pa.p. kept.-- n. that which keeps or protects: subsistence: food: the innermost and strongest part of a castle, the donjon: a stronghold.-- ns. KEEP'ER, an attendant, manager, owner: a gamekeeper: socket, guard-ring; KEEP'ERSHIP, office of a keeper; KEEP'ING, care: custody: charge: ( Shak.) maintenance, support: just proportion, harmony: ( paint.) due proportion of light and shade; KEEP'ING-ROOM, a sitting-room, parlour; KEEP'SAKE, something given to be kept for the sake of the giver-- the name used often to be applied to the annuals or sumptuous gift-books so much in vogue about 1830.-- KEEP AN ACT, to hold an academical disputation; KEEP AN EYE ON, KEEP COMPANY, CHAPEL, COUNSEL, DISTANCE, HOURS, HOUSE, THE PEACE, & c. ( see the nouns); KEEP A TERM ( see TERM); KEEP AT IT, to persist in anything; KEEP BACK, to withhold: keep down, to repress ( see also DARK); KEEP BODY AND SOUL TOGETHER, to maintain life; KEEP DOWN, to restrain; KEEP FROM, to abstain from: to remain away from; KEEP GOING IN a thing, to keep one supplied with it; KEEP IN, to prevent from escaping: to confine a pupil in the schoolroom after school hours: to conceal: to restrain; KEEP IN WITH, to maintain the confidence or friendship of some one; KEEP OFF, to hinder from approaching or making an attack; KEEP ONE'S COUNTENANCE, to preserve a calm appearance, hiding one's emotions; KEEP ONE'S HAND IN, to retain one's skill by means of constant practice; KEEP THE BREATH TO COOL ONE'S PORRIDGE, to confine attention to one's own affairs; KEEP THE POWDER DRY, to keep one's energies ready for action; KEEP TO, to stick closely to: to confine one's self to; KEEP UNDER, to hold down in restraint; KEEP UP, to retain one's strength or spirit: to support, prevent from falling: to continue, to prevent from ceasing: to maintain in good condition. [ A.S. cépan, orig. to traffic, hence to store up, keep-- ceáp, price.]

Synonyms for Keep:

• n.

  •
  • charge.
  •
  • endure.
  •
  • run.
  •
  • abide,
  • exist,
  • last.
  •
  • castle.
  •
  • obey.
  •
  • stand.
  •
  • mind.
  •artifact (noun)
  • hold.
  •keep (noun)
  • sustenance,
  • maintain,
  • retain,
  • sustain,
  • support,
  • hold back,
  • celebrate,
  • dungeon,
  • suppress,
  • continue,
  • observe,
  • preserve,
  • keep back,
  • hold,
  • keep on,
  • go on,
  • donjon,
  • hold on.
  •pokey (noun)
  • jailhouse.
  •prison (noun)
  • jail,
  • bastille,
  • jailhouse,
  • gaol,
  • stockade,
  • San Quentin,
  • brig,
  • bridle,
  • harness,
  • handcuff,
  • tether,
  • pillory,
  • shackle,
  • penitentiary,
  • pound,
  • reformatory,
  • confine,
  • irons,
  • manacle,
  • lockup,
  • fence,
  • straight jacket,
  • coop,
  • cell,
  • pinion,
  • cage,
  • pen,
  • Alcatraz,
  • cooler,
  • stronghold,
  • jug,
  • collar,
  • dungeon,
  • prison,
  • oubliette,
  • penal colony,
  • reform school,
  • vise.
  •support (noun)
  • support.

• v.

  •cognition (verb)
  • observe,
  • maintain.
  •commemorate; pay attention to (verb)
  • obey,
  • regard,
  • respect,
  • honor,
  • adhere to,
  • solemnize,
  • celebrate,
  • observe,
  • hold,
  • comply with.
  •conserve (verb)
  • preserve,
  • maintain,
  • reserve,
  • conserve,
  • save.
  •grip (verb)
  • embrace,
  • clasp,
  • clutch,
  • grapple,
  • adhere,
  • retain,
  • seize,
  • hold,
  • grip,
  • grasp,
  • have.
  •hold, maintain (verb)
  • have,
  • preserve,
  • reserve,
  • grip,
  • withhold,
  • retain,
  • conserve,
  • hold back,
  • grasp,
  • save.
  •possession (verb)
  • hold on.
  •prevent (verb)
  • shackle.
  •social (verb)
  • observe.
  •tend; provide for (verb)
  • guard,
  • mind,
  • protect,
  • endure,
  • sustain,
  • run,
  • carry on,
  • maintain,
  • continue,
  • support.
  •withdraw (verb)
  • withdraw,
  • suppress,
  • recant,
  • withhold,
  • recall,
  • retract,
  • revoke.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • subsistence.
  •
  • clink.
  •
  • obey.
  •
  • abide.
  •
  • stand.
  •celebrate
  • solemnize.
  •comply
  • adhere to,
  • conform to.
  •hold back
  • hold back.
  •obey
  • obey.
  •protect
  • keep safe.
  •restrain
  • pinion.
  •retain
  • retain.
  •spire
  • tower.
  •stronghold
  • castle.
  •Other relevant words:
  • harbor,
  • fastness,
  • run,
  • choky,
  • preventive custody,
  • stand,
  • buttress,
  • persist,
  • solemnize,
  • donjon,
  • obey,
  • tower,
  • bolster,
  • clink,
  • respect,
  • penal institution,
  • guard,
  • bide,
  • hole,
  • secure,
  • abide,
  • let it go,
  • sustenance,
  • heed,
  • endure,
  • prop,
  • extend,
  • celebrate,
  • mind,
  • last,
  • keeping,
  • listen to,
  • stay,
  • live,
  • bear,
  • go far,
  • hold on,
  • citadel,
  • care,
  • charge,
  • bolster up,
  • lend support,
  • adhere to,
  • dwell,
  • sustain,
  • prevail,
  • prop up,
  • abide by,
  • lodge,
  • keep back,
  • keep safe,
  • subsistence,
  • exist,
  • conform to,
  • upkeep,
  • hold out,
  • go on,
  • comply with,
  • stet,
  • hold up,
  • bear out,
  • keep from,
  • stay on,
  • live on,
  • bagnio,
  • tower of strength,
  • uphold,
  • subsist,
  • Upbear,
  • remain,
  • castle,
  • protect,
  • continue,
  • hold back,
  • fasthold,
  • bear up,
  • tolbooth,
  • crutch,
  • protective custody,
  • persist in,
  • penal settlement,
  • hang out,
  • safehold,
  • observe,
  • regard,
  • follow,
  • carry on,
  • honor,
  • bastion,
  • keep on,
  • custody,
  • reside.

Antonyms for Keep:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    go against, damage, injury, despise, violate, harm, dishonor, inattention, disregard, ignore, demolition, contemn, offend, negligence, hurt, ruination, profane, breach, overlook, ruin, neglect, destruction, infract, transgress, dereliction.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    accept, admit, advance, aid, air, assail, assault, assist, attack, become, beset, besiege, blame, bombard, boot, breach, capitulate, cave, cede, condemn, consume, contribute, damage, decline, default, demobilisation, demobilization, demolition, denounce, deny, deprive, dereliction, destruction, detain, discard, discharge, disclose, dishonor, dishonour, dismiss, disperse, displace, dispossess, disregard, disrespect, dissipate, divide, divulge, donate, door, drop, dump, enable, encourage, endanger, enter, expedite, express, exudation, facilitate, for the time being, forward, free, further, generate, get rid of, go against, halt, hand out, harm, help, hurt, ignore, inattention, infract, injury, lack, let go, let out, liberate, loose, loosen, mention, mismanage, miss, need, neglect, negligence, offend, overlook, overpass, overrun, pass over, produce, promote, push, raise, reject, release, relinquish, remittance, remove, reproach, repudiate, retain, ruin, ruination, rush, scatter, separate, slight, speed, spend, spurn, squander, start, starve, stop, storm, submit, support, suppuration, surrender, take out, tell, temporarily, throw away, transgress, turn away, unleash, use, vent, violate, want, waste, Ignoring, take up, blow off, unburdening, let happen, not have, deviate from, disimprisonment, lag behind, old heave ho, cease from, stray from, lose touch with.

• v.

  • commemorate; pay attention to
    disobey, reproach, denounce, blame, overlook, condemn, disrespect, miss.
  • hold, maintain
    hand over, not have, divide, lack, spend, use, dispossess, squander, displace, hurt, need, dissipate, neglect, consume, let happen, abandon, give, release, lose, want, give up, disperse, separate, let go, fail, scatter, waste, remove, ignore, dishonor.
  • possession
    lose.
  • prevent
    forward, rush, permit, further, liberate, free, advance, assist, push, encourage, help, facilitate, allow, support, promote, aid, expedite.
  • social
    break.
  • tend; provide for
    deprive, cease, mismanage, disregard, stop, endanger, discontinue, starve, leave, halt, forget, deny.