Definition for Keep on:

• allow to remain in a place or position; " We cannot continue several servants any longer"; " She retains a lawyer"; " The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; " Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; " We kept the work going as long as we could"

Synonyms for Keep on:

• n.

  •
  • take on,
  • engage,
  • employ,
  • recruit,
  • hire,
  • sign,
  • appoint,
  • sign on,
  • confirm.
  •
  • chatter,
  • babble,
  • discourse on/upon,
  • go on about.
  •
  • stay the course,
  • follow through.
  •retain (noun)
  • retain.

• v.

  •abide (verb)
  • keep on,
  • last,
  • survive.
  •continue (verb)
  • never cease,
  • uphold,
  • outlive,
  • keep the ball rolling,
  • ride,
  • make headway,
  • stay on,
  • advance,
  • forge ahead,
  • live on,
  • lengthen,
  • hang in,
  • outlast,
  • draw out,
  • prolong,
  • promote,
  • persist in,
  • move ahead,
  • extend,
  • carry forward,
  • Perdure,
  • sustain,
  • progress,
  • keep at,
  • reach,
  • stand,
  • get on with it,
  • linger,
  • keep on truckin',
  • maintain,
  • stay,
  • rest,
  • project,
  • press on,
  • loiter.
  •endure (verb)
  • wear well,
  • ride out,
  • carry on,
  • superannuate,
  • wear,
  • be timeless,
  • hold on,
  • be long lived,
  • cling,
  • hold out,
  • prevail,
  • have no end,
  • be,
  • be left,
  • exist,
  • wear on,
  • never say die,
  • hold,
  • bide,
  • carry through,
  • live.
  •go on (verb)
  • occur,
  • comport,
  • come about,
  • bear,
  • act,
  • conduct,
  • deport,
  • execute,
  • happen,
  • behave.
  •hammer away/hammer into (verb)
  • work,
  • instruct,
  • drudge,
  • repeat,
  • drum into,
  • endeavor.
  •persevere (verb)
  • leave no stone unturned,
  • go for broke,
  • stand firm,
  • hang tough,
  • keep going,
  • be resolved,
  • be stubborn,
  • see it through,
  • stick with it,
  • go for it,
  • hold fast,
  • be determined,
  • keep driving.
  •pursue (verb)
  • apply oneself,
  • adhere,
  • practice,
  • tackle,
  • engage in,
  • hold to,
  • work at,
  • ply,
  • wage,
  • cultivate,
  • perform.
  •resume (verb)
  • recapitulate,
  • recoup,
  • Reassume,
  • come back,
  • go on with,
  • retake,
  • repossess,
  • return to,
  • Recommence,
  • reopen,
  • pick up,
  • take back,
  • restart,
  • reinstitute,
  • regain,
  • Reoccupy,
  • occupy again,
  • take up,
  • assume again.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • talk away,
  • bump along,
  • philosophize,
  • gut out,
  • hew to,
  • rake over,
  • run on,
  • push ahead,
  • ramble on,
  • hold forth,
  • bang on,
  • serve out,
  • drone on,
  • press ahead,
  • rattle on,
  • muddle along,
  • stick at,
  • spout,
  • meander,
  • plow ahead,
  • stay with.
  •
  • take it,
  • ramble,
  • hew,
  • stick out,
  • insist on something,
  • push on.
  •
  • dust off,
  • stick to,
  • hang on,
  • stick with,
  • see out,
  • prosecute.
  •
  • go ahead,
  • see through.
  •
  • stagger.
  •
  • make of,
  • keep up.
  •
  • get on.
  •abide
  • Persisted,
  • Lasted.
  •continue
  • running on,
  • perduring,
  • get with it,
  • moving ahead,
  • Prolonging,
  • hanging in,
  • lived on,
  • pressing on,
  • ridden,
  • Loitered,
  • stays on,
  • sticks to,
  • making headway,
  • stuck to.
  •endure
  • having no end,
  • was left,
  • wears well,
  • holds on,
  • enduring,
  • Endured,
  • carrying through.
  •persevere
  • stayed the course,
  • kept going,
  • seeing through,
  • going for broke,
  • stood firm,
  • stands firm,
  • standing firm.
  •pursue
  • holding to,
  • pursuing,
  • engaged in,
  • worked at.
  •remain
  • remain standing,
  • sit out,
  • stick around,
  • stay put,
  • hold the fort,
  • make camp,
  • held over,
  • sat out,
  • Bivouacked,
  • stay over,
  • Bunking,
  • Roosted,
  • hold over,
  • hang out,
  • putting on hold,
  • sit through,
  • bivouac,
  • stay in,
  • staying over,
  • put on hold,
  • Bunked,
  • nested,
  • nesting,
  • bivouacs,
  • staying put,
  • bivouacking,
  • stay behind,
  • Roosting.
  •resume
  • re-start,
  • go with,
  • recommencing,
  • reinstituted,
  • Resumed,
  • recommences,
  • reinstituting,
  • returning to,
  • returned to,
  • Re-open,
  • returns to,
  • recommenced.

Antonyms for Keep on:

• v.

  • abide
    quit, leave, refuse, stop.
  • continue
    halt, end, finish, discontinue, cease, complete, desist.
  • know
    misunderstand, misinterpret.
  • persevere
    give up, idle, be lazy.
  • remain
    forge, depart, go, move.

Hyponym for Keep on:

• v.

  • social
    keep up, prolong, sustain.