Definition for Maintain:

• To uphold; keep; keep up; support; affirm.

Synonyms for Maintain:

• n.

  •
  • finance,
  • fund.
  •
  • prove,
  • report.
  •
  • provide for.
  •
  • stay with.
  •maintain (noun)
  • keep up,
  • observe,
  • exert.

• v.

  •affirm (verb)
  • aver,
  • assure,
  • express,
  • certify,
  • avouch,
  • attest,
  • accept,
  • endorse,
  • pronounce,
  • promise,
  • proclaim,
  • admit,
  • pledge,
  • adjure,
  • ratify,
  • corroborate,
  • submit,
  • set down,
  • support,
  • propound,
  • validate,
  • assert,
  • verify,
  • claim,
  • acknowledge,
  • testify.
  •assert, claim; argue for (verb)
  • persist,
  • advocate,
  • correct,
  • rectify,
  • right,
  • plead for,
  • avow,
  • insist,
  • fight for,
  • back,
  • champion,
  • defend,
  • asseverate,
  • stress.
  •believe (verb)
  • deem,
  • credit,
  • conclude,
  • trust,
  • assume,
  • understand,
  • suppose,
  • surmise,
  • put faith in,
  • judge,
  • assent,
  • gather,
  • take for granted,
  • presume,
  • give faith.
  •care for, keep up (verb)
  • keep going,
  • cultivate,
  • nurture,
  • sustain,
  • advance,
  • prolong,
  • uphold,
  • preserve,
  • take care of,
  • renew,
  • look after,
  • go on with,
  • protect,
  • supply,
  • guard,
  • control,
  • perpetuate,
  • retain.
  •continue (verb)
  • extend,
  • protract,
  • abide.
  •order (verb)
  • devise,
  • mediate,
  • rationalize,
  • chart,
  • settle,
  • rank,
  • rate,
  • separate,
  • cast,
  • plot,
  • adjust,
  • compose,
  • prepare,
  • grade,
  • sort,
  • normalize,
  • integrate,
  • categorize,
  • fix,
  • pigeonhole,
  • regulate,
  • order,
  • balance,
  • structure,
  • schedule,
  • arrange,
  • collate,
  • place,
  • plan,
  • systematize,
  • unsnarl,
  • Methodize,
  • score,
  • stratify,
  • frame,
  • type,
  • scheme,
  • marshal,
  • set,
  • unify,
  • subordinate,
  • group,
  • organize,
  • classify,
  • orchestrate,
  • harmonize,
  • class,
  • screen,
  • shape,
  • schematize,
  • program,
  • design,
  • sift,
  • form,
  • array.
  •protect (verb)
  • safeguard,
  • cover,
  • shelter,
  • shield,
  • secure.
  •retain (verb)
  • hinder,
  • prevent.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • refit,
  • recondition,
  • upload,
  • facebook,
  • regularize.
  •
  • overhaul,
  • apologize,
  • sew,
  • hold together,
  • repair.
  •
  • darn,
  • bookmark,
  • search,
  • subscribe,
  • download.
  •
  • hover.
  •
  • stay.
  •
  • service.
  •
  • stand.
  •affirm
  • predicate.
  •approve
  • establish.
  •believe
  • repute.
  •care for
  • tend.
  •continue
  • live on,
  • Perdure,
  • stay on,
  • persist in,
  • keep on,
  • stick to,
  • go on.
  •defend
  • watch over,
  • stick up for,
  • care for,
  • stand up for,
  • keep safe,
  • say in defense,
  • speak up for,
  • speak for.
  •exist
  • live.
  •feed
  • victual.
  •harbor
  • cling to.
  •insist
  • stand firm.
  •perpetuate
  • keep alive.
  •persevere
  • hold on.
  •support
  • pay for.

Paraphrases for Maintain:

• Independent

  • Foreign word
    maintenir.
  • Adjective
    remain.
  • Proper noun, singular
    objectives, keeping, remain, uphold.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    keeping, remain.
  • Verb, past tense
    Remained, Detained, Upheld, conducted, Nurtured, suggested, Met, scheduled, Got.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    sticking, keeping.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    affirm, remain, confirm, persist, claim, enjoy, observe, uphold.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    remains.
  • Verb, base form
    entertain, perpetuate, keeping, affirm, remain, consolidate, confirm, persist, claim, abide, vindicate, enjoy, observe, prolong, uphold.

• Other Related

  • Coordinating conjunction
    conserve, preserve.
  • Preposition or subordinating conjunction
    Maintaining, preserve.
  • Adjective
    Maintaining, maintained, sustained, preserving, conserve, preserve.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Maintaining, maintained, preserving, Sustaining, conserve, preserve.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Maintaining, maintained, preserving, Sustaining, preserve, sustenance.
  • Verb, past tense
    sustained, Sustaining.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    preserving, Sustaining.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    perpetuate, assert, defend, insist, conserve, preserve, obtain, insure, argue.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    sustains, Sustaining.
  • Verb, base form
    nurture, assert, defend, adhere, insist, conserve, preserve, obtain, insure, respect, underpin, cherish, argue.

Antonyms for Maintain:

• v.

  • assert, claim; argue for
    deny, repudiate, leave, forsake, conceal, quit, attack.
  • care for, keep up
    discontinue, let go, forget, stop, destroy, condemn, finish, halt, take, waste, release, abandon, squander, neglect, hurt, discard, ignore, give up, desert.
  • Other antonyms:
    disprove, dispute, harm, negative, damage, ruin, reject, negate, counter, disown, injure, controvert, withdraw, take back, confute, switch, break, impair, question, reverse, gainsay, recant, disregard, wreck, rebut, contradict, retract, refute, disclaim, abjure, challenge.

Homophones for Maintain:

• meatman, meantime, Maundy Money, madden, muadhdhin, moth-eaten, mdma, methadon, maiden, mantinea, Mandaean, manawydan, mundane, mitten, mentum, mud hen, mean time, Mount Etna, manhattan, Mt Etna, midden, methane, matinee, mountain anemone, monition, montana, modem, minden, mutiny, mention, mediation, muhammadan, madonna, methenamine, monotony, montanan, matman, maianthemum, medan, monotone, mantineia, mentation, mohammedan, mahatma, motown, methadone, mountain, madam, medium, minuteman, motion, menadione, mutton, mouton, metonym, maintenon, munition, maiden name, montane, madame, mid-on, manawyddan, menhaden, madman, mithan, monodon, momentum, muhammedan, Mindanao, man-to-man, Mutawa'een, madwoman, myodynia, mid-may, Mount Whitney, metonymy, mountain man, median, mutation, myotonia, myotomy, meditation, medina, methionine, Mandean, mow down, muton.

Hypernym for Maintain:

• v.

  • consumption
    patronage, reseed, carry.

Hyponym for Maintain:

• v.

  • communication
    record, put down, enter.
  • consumption
    have got, hold, have.
  • possession
    have got, hold, have.