Synonyms for Keep afloat:

• v.

  •buoy (up) (verb)
  • sustain,
  • boost,
  • uphold,
  • bolster,
  • raise,
  • hearten,
  • buck up,
  • prop,
  • cheer up,
  • cheer,
  • support,
  • encourage,
  • lift.
  •survive (verb)
  • hold out,
  • recover,
  • suffer,
  • keep,
  • endure,
  • come through,
  • subsist,
  • last,
  • persevere,
  • live,
  • make the cut,
  • exist,
  • withstand,
  • persist,
  • weather,
  • carry on,
  • revive,
  • outwear,
  • get on,
  • remain,
  • pull through,
  • bear,
  • outlast,
  • handle,
  • outlive.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • reinforce.
  •Other relevant words:
  • carry through,
  • get through,
  • live down,
  • live on,
  • live out,
  • ride out,
  • survive,
  • Lasted,
  • see through,
  • stand up,
  • Propping,
  • go all the way,
  • tough out,
  • live through,
  • standing up,
  • remain alive,
  • be extant,
  • be left,
  • carrying through,
  • cut it,
  • cutting it,
  • go the limit,
  • going all the way,
  • got through,
  • lived on,
  • lived through,
  • lives through,
  • make a comeback,
  • pull out of it,
  • re-cover,
  • remaining alive,
  • seeing through,
  • stood up,
  • tough it out,
  • was left.

Antonyms for Keep afloat:

• v.

  • buoy (up)
    bring down, depress.
  • survive
    die, quit, depart, leave, refuse, cease, discontinue, neglect, reject, give up, stop.