Synonyms for Re-tains:

• v.

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

Antonyms for Re-tains:

• v.

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