Synonyms for Re-tain:

• v.

  •defend (verb)
  • shelter,
  • uphold,
  • take in,
  • hold at bay,
  • care for,
  • screen,
  • prevent,
  • avert,
  • cherish,
  • hedge,
  • keep safe,
  • battle,
  • conserve,
  • safeguard,
  • oppose,
  • guard against,
  • contend,
  • foster,
  • fortify,
  • garrison,
  • secure,
  • fend off,
  • ward off,
  • stave off,
  • panoply,
  • espouse,
  • resist,
  • sustain,
  • mine,
  • look after,
  • entrench,
  • watch over,
  • war,
  • nourish,
  • repel danger,
  • retain,
  • withstand,
  • insure,
  • cover,
  • beat off,
  • fight for,
  • watch,
  • fight,
  • house,
  • shield,
  • provide sanctuary,
  • bulwark,
  • guard.
  •employ (verb)
  • obtain,
  • take on,
  • sign on,
  • put on,
  • place,
  • enlist,
  • contract for,
  • sign up,
  • bring on board,
  • ink,
  • hire,
  • truck with,
  • procure,
  • come on board.
  •engage (verb)
  • rent,
  • enroll,
  • charter,
  • prearrange,
  • lease,
  • book,
  • appoint,
  • bespeak.
  •enjoy (verb)
  • command,
  • experience,
  • be blessed,
  • be favored,
  • occupy,
  • process,
  • use,
  • reap the benefits,
  • boast.
  •harbor (verb)
  • brood over,
  • nurse,
  • imagine,
  • regard,
  • nurture,
  • entertain,
  • believe,
  • consider.
  •have (verb)
  • bear,
  • get,
  • chalk up,
  • gain,
  • get hands on,
  • lock up,
  • compass,
  • teem with,
  • accept,
  • include,
  • take,
  • sit on,
  • carry,
  • hog,
  • annex,
  • pick up,
  • receive,
  • corner,
  • latch on to,
  • admit,
  • get hold of,
  • acquire,
  • have in hand,
  • land.
  •hire (verb)
  • empower,
  • add to payroll,
  • pledge,
  • sublease,
  • make use of,
  • bring in,
  • utilize,
  • draft,
  • authorize,
  • delegate,
  • fill a position,
  • let,
  • give a break,
  • exploit,
  • give work,
  • promise,
  • pick,
  • select,
  • put to work,
  • give job to,
  • find help,
  • sublet.
  •hold (verb)
  • clasp,
  • confine,
  • cradle,
  • clench,
  • grip,
  • fondle,
  • enclose,
  • press,
  • vise,
  • catch,
  • palm,
  • arrest,
  • stay put,
  • check,
  • hang on,
  • bottle up,
  • adhere,
  • hug,
  • wring,
  • imprison,
  • cleave,
  • squeeze,
  • wield,
  • keep close,
  • keep out,
  • put a lock on,
  • clinch,
  • cork up,
  • stick,
  • bind,
  • trammel,
  • not let go,
  • handle,
  • embrace,
  • freeze to,
  • seize,
  • cling.
  •hug (verb)
  • envelop,
  • enbosom,
  • fold in arms,
  • love,
  • lie close,
  • cuddle,
  • be near to,
  • bear hug,
  • enfold,
  • welcome,
  • take in one's arms,
  • stay near,
  • hold onto,
  • nestle,
  • lock,
  • follow closely.
  •keep (verb)
  • conduct,
  • stock,
  • cache,
  • hold back,
  • deposit,
  • put up,
  • amass,
  • control,
  • store,
  • put,
  • season,
  • trade in,
  • direct,
  • deal in,
  • pile,
  • manage,
  • accumulate,
  • heap,
  • stack,
  • garner.
  •maintain (verb)
  • continue,
  • finance,
  • persevere,
  • advance,
  • provide,
  • take care of,
  • support,
  • protect,
  • renew,
  • carry on,
  • keep going,
  • repair,
  • supply,
  • perpetuate,
  • prolong,
  • cultivate,
  • go on with.
  •memorize (verb)
  • master,
  • know,
  • commit to memory,
  • cram,
  • learn,
  • keep forever,
  • nail down,
  • fix in the mind,
  • know by heart,
  • remind,
  • learn by heart.
  •mind (verb)
  • bethink,
  • bring to mind,
  • cite.
  •own (verb)
  • have title,
  • fall heir to,
  • dominate,
  • be in possession of,
  • be possessed of,
  • have rights,
  • inherit.
  •possess (verb)
  • take possession,
  • be born with,
  • be blessed with,
  • have to name,
  • be endowed with,
  • corner the market,
  • grab,
  • take over.
  •preserve (verb)
  • defend,
  • can,
  • mothball,
  • bottle,
  • cure,
  • pickle,
  • evaporate,
  • mummify,
  • refrigerate,
  • freeze,
  • keep up.
  •recall (verb)
  • elicit,
  • educe,
  • awaken,
  • revive,
  • call up,
  • think of,
  • come to one,
  • think back,
  • flash on,
  • summon,
  • strike a note,
  • stir,
  • ring a bell,
  • extract,
  • waken,
  • evoke,
  • reestablish,
  • flash,
  • nail it down,
  • look back,
  • reintroduce,
  • reinstate,
  • arouse,
  • rouse,
  • call to mind.
  •recollect (verb)
  • look back on.
  •remember (verb)
  • go back,
  • treasure,
  • relive,
  • summon up,
  • hold dear,
  • commemorate,
  • dig into the past,
  • revoke,
  • dwell upon,
  • enshrine,
  • conjure up,
  • refresh memory,
  • memorialize,
  • have memories.
  •remind (verb)
  • emphasize,
  • put in mind,
  • stir up,
  • give a cue,
  • mention,
  • jog one's memory,
  • point out,
  • prompt,
  • suggest,
  • make one think,
  • advise,
  • imply,
  • make one remember,
  • admonish,
  • note,
  • prod,
  • caution,
  • bring back to,
  • hint,
  • call attention,
  • stress,
  • warn,
  • intimate.
  •reminisce (verb)
  • muse over,
  • hark back,
  • review,
  • live in the past.
  •rescue (verb)
  • disentangle,
  • hold over,
  • deliver,
  • bail one out,
  • extricate,
  • recapture,
  • get off the hook,
  • spring,
  • get out of hock,
  • recover,
  • pull out of the fire,
  • ransom,
  • salvage,
  • free,
  • emancipate,
  • unleash,
  • set free,
  • manumit,
  • disembarrass,
  • redeem,
  • retrieve,
  • regain,
  • liberate,
  • get out,
  • release,
  • unloose,
  • save life of.
  •reserve (verb)
  • hoard,
  • squirrel away,
  • stash,
  • stockpile,
  • Preengage,
  • duck,
  • schedule,
  • lay up,
  • keep back,
  • delay,
  • postpone,
  • defer,
  • store up,
  • set aside,
  • put by,
  • squirrel,
  • plant,
  • put off,
  • stow away.
  •retain (verb)
  • maintain,
  • restrain,
  • recall,
  • contain,
  • memorize,
  • own,
  • engage,
  • detain,
  • keep in mind,
  • husband,
  • put away,
  • hand onto,
  • have,
  • employ,
  • cling to,
  • keep possession,
  • withhold,
  • recognize,
  • contract,
  • grasp,
  • clutch,
  • reminisce,
  • hold,
  • hold fast,
  • possess,
  • save,
  • commission,
  • recollect,
  • mind,
  • pay,
  • retrospect,
  • enjoy,
  • remember,
  • bear in mind,
  • keep,
  • reserve,
  • absorb,
  • preserve.
  •sell (verb)
  • dispose,
  • hustle,
  • merchandise,
  • dump,
  • persuade,
  • sweet talk,
  • peddle,
  • snow,
  • vend,
  • boost,
  • retail,
  • auction,
  • trade,
  • close,
  • plug,
  • barter,
  • advertise,
  • puff,
  • soft soap,
  • push,
  • drum,
  • spiel,
  • wholesale,
  • clinch the deal,
  • put across,
  • put up for sale,
  • exchange,
  • market,
  • traffic,
  • bargain,
  • unload,
  • close the deal,
  • pitch,
  • move,
  • be in business,
  • soft sell,
  • hawk.
  •take on (verb)
  • become,
  • come to have,
  • turn,
  • address oneself to,
  • endeavor,
  • take upon oneself,
  • set about,
  • try,
  • venture,
  • agree to do,
  • adopt,
  • commence,
  • have a go at,
  • add,
  • launch,
  • tackle,
  • attempt,
  • take in hand,
  • begin,
  • append,
  • undertake,
  • take up,
  • develop.
  •withhold (verb)
  • constrain,
  • dummy up,
  • disallow,
  • spike,
  • keep under wraps,
  • refrain,
  • inhibit,
  • hide,
  • deny,
  • keep under one's hat,
  • kill,
  • hold out on,
  • deduct,
  • stop oneself,
  • curb,
  • bridle,
  • abstain,
  • hold out,
  • refuse,
  • keep secret,
  • hold down,
  • repress,
  • keep to oneself,
  • clam up,
  • suppress,
  • conceal.

Antonyms for Re-tain:

• v.

  • defend
    discourage, make peace, quit, squander, harm, support, hurt, leave, renounce, uncover, assist, forsake, surrender, aid, help, injure, deny, reveal, endanger, attack, relinquish, resign, give up.
  • employ
    misuse, discharge, unemploy, lay off, forfeit, shun.
  • engage
    decline, disconnect, refuse, dismiss, yield, eject, expel, reject, cancel, oust, banish, defuse, break up.
  • enjoy
    detest, hate, dislike.
  • harbor
    let out, disbelieve.
  • have
    dodge, disallow, pass, avoid, dispute, throw away, drop, stop, kill, fail, offer.
  • hire
    keep.
  • hold
    untie, loosen, loose, unfasten, permit, halt, allow, cease.
  • hug
    donate, turn away, push away.
  • keep
    dissipate, dishonor, scatter, consume, displace, use, divide, separate, let happen, hand over, remove.
  • maintain
    discontinue, condemn, take, discard, destroy, finish.
  • memorize
    be ignorant.
  • mind
    disobey.
  • own
    sell, disavow.
  • preserve
    ruin.
  • recall
    calm, restore, repress.
  • rescue
    imperil, limit, hold, imprison, restrain.
  • reserve
    expedite, distribute.
  • retain
    dispossess, free, forget, misunderstand, waste, liberate, lack, give, fire, want, release, neglect, exclude, not have, disregard, break off, abandon, ignore, lose, pass up, spend, miss, let go, desert, need, disperse.
  • sell
    suppress, hinder, buy, dissuade, hide, prevent, conceal.
  • withhold
    expose, divulge, indulge, show, open, go along, disclose, lay bare, grant, tell.