Definition for Maintain:

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

Synonyms for Maintain:

• n.

  •
  • finance,
  • fund.
  •
  • prove,
  • report.
  •
  • cache,
  • own,
  • repair,
  • repress,
  • care for,
  • renew,
  • bottle up,
  • suppress,
  • hold over,
  • withhold.
  •
  • bookmark,
  • provide for,
  • facebook,
  • download.
  •
  • stay with.
  •
  • darn,
  • overhaul.
  •
  • justify,
  • apologize,
  • stay,
  • vindicate,
  • regularize.
  •
  • argue.
  •maintain (noun)
  • preserve,
  • keep,
  • defend,
  • exert,
  • keep up,
  • hold,
  • asseverate,
  • uphold,
  • sustain,
  • conserve,
  • wield,
  • observe,
  • assert.

• v.

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

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • refit,
  • facebook,
  • resist,
  • regularize,
  • recondition,
  • upload,
  • argue.
  •
  • occupy,
  • hold together,
  • repair,
  • overhaul,
  • justify,
  • sew,
  • apologize.
  •
  • darn,
  • bookmark,
  • search,
  • subscribe,
  • download.
  •
  • hover.
  •
  • provide,
  • vindicate.
  •
  • stay.
  •
  • go.
  •
  • service.
  •
  • stand.
  •affirm
  • predicate.
  •approve
  • establish.
  •assert
  • vouch.
  •believe
  • repute,
  • understand.
  •care for
  • tend.
  •carry on
  • keep going.
  •conserve
  • take care of.
  •continue
  • live on,
  • Perdure,
  • stay on,
  • persist in,
  • keep on,
  • stick to,
  • go on.
  •defend
  • look after,
  • keep safe,
  • stick up for,
  • speak up for,
  • speak for,
  • stand up for,
  • care for,
  • fight for,
  • watch over,
  • say in defense.
  •exist
  • live.
  •feed
  • victual.
  •harbor
  • cling to.
  •hold
  • possess.
  •insist
  • insist,
  • stand firm.
  •keep going
  • perpetuate.
  •perpetuate
  • keep alive.
  •persevere
  • hold on.
  •protect
  • defend.
  •retain
  • retain.
  •stress
  • emphasize.
  •support
  • support,
  • plead for,
  • pay for.
  •Other relevant words:
  • absorb,
  • carry,
  • apologize,
  • sew,
  • care for,
  • shore,
  • prolongation,
  • bolster,
  • capitalize,
  • predicate,
  • last,
  • earmark,
  • cherish,
  • provender,
  • go on,
  • live on,
  • perform,
  • hold in,
  • stand to,
  • stand still,
  • withhold,
  • bank,
  • vouchsafe,
  • act upon,
  • advancement,
  • annunciate,
  • not do,
  • cork,
  • economize,
  • guess,
  • speak out,
  • mainstay,
  • prop,
  • have,
  • carry out,
  • upload,
  • operate,
  • discharge,
  • bestow,
  • authorization,
  • view as,
  • apply oneself to,
  • take hold,
  • enjoin,
  • fair,
  • hold one's ground,
  • Upbear,
  • confess,
  • cork up,
  • yield,
  • keep alive,
  • fancy,
  • take it,
  • guarantee,
  • buttress,
  • respond,
  • take,
  • apply,
  • voice,
  • stand for,
  • make safe,
  • opine,
  • wine and dine,
  • subsidize,
  • salvage,
  • outlive,
  • make,
  • adhere to,
  • board,
  • bide,
  • renew,
  • hold out,
  • fight for,
  • fill up,
  • afterwards,
  • refrigerate,
  • crutch,
  • go along,
  • give,
  • justificatory,
  • fill,
  • abiding,
  • watch over,
  • mind,
  • hold over,
  • hoard,
  • justified,
  • purport,
  • register,
  • go far,
  • rear,
  • put forth,
  • victual,
  • emphasize,
  • modulate,
  • subvention,
  • estimate,
  • remain,
  • invest,
  • permanent,
  • undertake,
  • champion,
  • plod,
  • handle,
  • refit,
  • plead,
  • cater,
  • refrain,
  • hold good,
  • look upon,
  • help,
  • command,
  • asseverate,
  • cling to,
  • utter,
  • repress,
  • rescue,
  • Trow,
  • husband,
  • encourage,
  • espouse,
  • donate,
  • possess,
  • broach,
  • commission,
  • govern,
  • continuous,
  • conceive,
  • safety,
  • security,
  • due,
  • everlasting,
  • celebrate,
  • say in defense,
  • store,
  • keep abreast,
  • agree,
  • keeping,
  • protest,
  • restrain,
  • tender,
  • hold up,
  • subsist,
  • economise,
  • repair,
  • check,
  • adjudge,
  • suffer,
  • purvey,
  • stand,
  • proceed,
  • foster,
  • adhere,
  • lend support,
  • housekeeping,
  • have got,
  • improvement,
  • Subvene,
  • repeat,
  • concord,
  • darn,
  • look on,
  • legitimate,
  • offer,
  • introduce,
  • consider,
  • stick,
  • imagine,
  • bear,
  • enjoy,
  • endure,
  • keep up,
  • have a hunch,
  • repute,
  • wear well,
  • confine,
  • last out,
  • harbor,
  • care,
  • cushion,
  • sponsor,
  • hold on,
  • justifiable,
  • hold open,
  • bottle up,
  • thereafter,
  • authority,
  • service,
  • present,
  • persist in,
  • adopt,
  • tarry,
  • speak for,
  • contemplate,
  • put forward,
  • uphold,
  • stay,
  • clothe,
  • honour,
  • fulfil,
  • oppose,
  • underlie,
  • dwell on,
  • take effect,
  • abide by,
  • have an idea,
  • have it,
  • pursue,
  • lay down,
  • perpetual,
  • nurture,
  • contain,
  • answer,
  • afford,
  • meet,
  • press,
  • reason,
  • avow,
  • counter,
  • detect,
  • swear,
  • esteem,
  • monopolize,
  • afterward,
  • regard,
  • fend for,
  • provide,
  • oblige,
  • keep back,
  • go for,
  • exercise,
  • italicize,
  • stay with,
  • substantiate,
  • fight down,
  • fight back,
  • entertain,
  • proceed with,
  • reach,
  • rebut,
  • notice,
  • pillow,
  • engage,
  • stand fast,
  • reinforce,
  • keep safe,
  • insist upon,
  • constant,
  • alimony,
  • defy,
  • honor,
  • tide over,
  • insist on,
  • book,
  • prevail,
  • survive,
  • work,
  • plead for,
  • take note,
  • wear,
  • buoy up,
  • contend for,
  • set forth,
  • pay for,
  • urge,
  • curb,
  • bank up,
  • stand on,
  • obtain,
  • rise,
  • stick up for,
  • run,
  • make provision for,
  • enduring,
  • bolster up,
  • look after,
  • keep waiting,
  • strain,
  • vow,
  • provision,
  • aby,
  • abstain,
  • retentive,
  • maintenance,
  • fight,
  • insurance,
  • pretend,
  • upkeep,
  • lock in,
  • announce,
  • countenance,
  • overhaul,
  • recondition,
  • speak up,
  • search,
  • copyright,
  • stay fresh,
  • mention,
  • argue for,
  • raise,
  • vindicatory,
  • allowance,
  • bond,
  • memorialize,
  • go on with,
  • trace,
  • stet,
  • bind,
  • Underset,
  • manage,
  • play,
  • hold one's own,
  • advantage,
  • keep on,
  • be afraid,
  • advocate,
  • report,
  • stand up for,
  • suppress,
  • unearthly,
  • stick with,
  • live through,
  • finance,
  • exert,
  • feed,
  • forward,
  • stock,
  • insist,
  • righteous,
  • valid,
  • detain,
  • acquire,
  • arrest,
  • cradle,
  • speak up for,
  • ascendancy,
  • immortalize,
  • reckon,
  • strike,
  • conservation,
  • go,
  • keep in,
  • hold together,
  • expect,
  • allege,
  • tend,
  • allotment,
  • follow,
  • bankroll,
  • riposte,
  • modify,
  • back up,
  • shoulder,
  • bookmark,
  • DO,
  • keep dark,
  • supply,
  • suspect,
  • pay the bill,
  • argue,
  • preservation,
  • let it be,
  • embrace,
  • allow,
  • Assever,
  • stress,
  • be safe,
  • restore,
  • specify,
  • stand one's ground,
  • exist,
  • proffer,
  • gain,
  • keep out,
  • stay on,
  • withstand,
  • note,
  • facebook,
  • download,
  • guaranty,
  • delineate,
  • keep open,
  • advance,
  • wield,
  • stick to,
  • speak,
  • think,
  • livelihood,
  • involve,
  • provide for,
  • hover,
  • stand firm,
  • find,
  • say,
  • keep going,
  • cache,
  • hang on,
  • set up,
  • articulate,
  • accommodate,
  • let be,
  • bear out,
  • promote,
  • shore up,
  • underpin,
  • lengthen,
  • subsequently,
  • moderate,
  • get,
  • A,
  • inhibit,
  • act,
  • manifesto,
  • boast,
  • engross,
  • keep down,
  • hostage,
  • proper,
  • rest,
  • depose,
  • eternal,
  • vouch,
  • patronize,
  • furnish,
  • protection,
  • prove,
  • fund,
  • rectify,
  • spare,
  • reasonable,
  • back,
  • daresay,
  • harp upon,
  • regularize,
  • recruit,
  • Perdure,
  • throw,
  • enunciate,
  • conduct,
  • propose,
  • harbour,
  • put,
  • underwrite,
  • take charge of,
  • nurse,
  • conserving,
  • take for,
  • progress,
  • contribute,
  • aid,
  • patent,
  • enounce,
  • keep afloat,
  • bear the brunt,
  • keep off,
  • own,
  • practise,
  • keep at,
  • brace,
  • tolerate,
  • undergird,
  • nourish,
  • bear up,
  • refute,
  • cultivate,
  • feel,
  • save up,
  • Ween,
  • confirm,
  • dwell,
  • discover,
  • concur,
  • endow,
  • hold back,
  • prop up,
  • Underbrace,
  • reply,
  • perpetuate,
  • produce,
  • cling,
  • resist,
  • take care of,
  • sanction,
  • reopen,
  • Subventionize,
  • quicken,
  • make available,
  • subscribe,
  • bring up,
  • live,
  • obligate,
  • occupy,
  • remark,
  • treat,
  • replenish,
  • bear on,
  • kept,
  • observe,
  • carry on,
  • legality,
  • perennate,
  • keep apart,
  • justify,
  • attend,
  • vindicate,
  • eternalize,
  • correct,
  • lasting,
  • live up to.

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:
    disclaim, damage, negative, question, dispute, reverse, confute, contradict, abjure, challenge, impair, withdraw, disregard, disown, destroy, take back, harm, counter, gainsay, neglect, refute, switch, controvert, recant, wreck, retract, rebut, hurt, injure, ruin, disprove, negate, break, ignore, reject.