Definition for Retaining:

• designed for ( usually temporary) retention; " a holding pen"; " a retaining wall"

Synonyms for Retaining:

• adj.

  •saving (adjective)
  • most rescuing,
  • most reparatory,
  • most preserving,
  • more reparatory,
  • pre-serving,
  • more rescuing,
  • pre serving,
  • more preserving.

• n.

  •
  • taking,
  • cherishing,
  • commemorating,
  • Hiring,
  • Treasuring,
  • Owning,
  • Admitting,
  • remembering,
  • accommodating,
  • Restraining,
  • Comprehending,
  • Securing,
  • engaging,
  • arresting,
  • curbing,
  • Possessing,
  • keeping back,
  • Receiving,
  • confining,
  • Employing,
  • holding back,
  • Sustaining.
  •employment (noun)
  • exercisings,
  • engagings,
  • usings,
  • retainings,
  • signing ons,
  • taking ons,
  • what is in to,
  • what is inti,
  • what one is in to,
  • what one is inti,
  • engagement activity application,
  • what is into,
  • occupyings,
  • contractings.
  •reservation (noun)
  • bespeakings,
  • exclusive possessions,
  • re striction,
  • with holding,
  • re strictions,
  • setting asides,
  • retainments,
  • be-speakings,
  • be speaking,
  • with holdings,
  • with-holding,
  • with-holdings,
  • re-strictions,
  • be speakings,
  • re-striction,
  • be-speaking.
  •retaining (noun)
  • retentive.

• v.

  •gripping (verb)
  • grasping,
  • Having,
  • Clasping,
  • embracing,
  • holding,
  • Clutching,
  • Adhering,
  • gripping,
  • seizing,
  • grappling.
  •retaining (verb)
  • hindering,
  • Maintaining,
  • preserving,
  • Reserving,
  • Preventing,
  • conserving.
  •withdrawing (verb)
  • withholding,
  • recalling,
  • Revoking,
  • Suppressing,
  • withdrawing,
  • Retracting,
  • Recanting.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • keeping,
  • saving,
  • reparatory.
  •n.
  • employment,
  • memory,
  • recruitment,
  • reservation,
  • servicing,
  • Retainment,
  • carryings,
  • withholdings,
  • setting aside,
  • commissionings,
  • engagement in activity application,
  • exclusive possession,
  • hirings,
  • recruitments,
  • servicings,
  • signing on,
  • what one is into.

Paraphrases for Retaining:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    retain.
  • Proper noun, singular
    retain.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    retain.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    retention, retained, Maintaining, Sustaining, withholding, conservation.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    retention, Maintaining, conservation.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    remaining, Restraining, retraining, Guaranteeing, Initiating, Obtaining, Containing, renewing, Detaining, Perpetuating, recruit, Recruiting, acquiring, altering, demonstrating, Residing, train, training, Insulating, Nurturing, Staying, Receiving, Adhering, Appointing, Inciting, Enshrining, Capturing, stimulating, contributing, Forfeiting, hanging, where, Hiring, encourage, encouraging, recalling, babysitting, collecting, Facilitating, Establishing, defending, accepting, contracting, seacuring, Respecting, Considering, updating, Amending, Enforcing, Attracting, sticking, assuming, leaving, fastening, Experiencing, Utilizing, assuring, losing, observing, engaging, recycling, striking, upgrading, Exhibiting, pursuing, Delivering, Disrupting, Prolonging, Abandoning, Adopting, handhaving, exercising, winning, advancing, editing, Discharging, inducing, Selecting, tending, Extending, remembering, performing, conducting, proceeding, Promoting, Shouldering, trapping, motivating, Providing, fostering, Carrying, Mentioning, nursing, bearing, Noting, honouring, Deducting, supporting, resulting, wasting, Earmarking, Committing, breaking, Employing, services, servicing, commissioning, Displaying, using, deciding, Mobilizing, compromising, binding, changing, Modifying, Producing, Choosing, living, Requesting, taking, bringing, Fulfilling, lowering, Boosting, setting, lying, Attaching, urging, lasting, fixing, believing, Propping, sealing, armed, Delaying, missing, posting, paying, playing, watching, Applying, grooming, showing, Having, Clamping, Loosing, booking, blocking, Allowing, talking, acting, focusing, getting, withholding.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    identifying, guarding, retention, Maintaining, Sustaining, conservation.

Retaining Sentence Examples:

• In every liberal profession you will find that the ordeal necessary to be gone through is not such as it is with us; if it were, the difficulty of retaining the young men at college would be much increased.

• " Now," I called, retaining my position on the door - step, " step about four feet from the gate, and from that distance how must you stand to take aim at me, on this spot?"

Homophones for Retaining:

• rattan, raetam, red man, retinue, rodin, rotten, ration, red wine, rewrite man, rhodium, radon, radiation, rhythm, radome, redden, ratan, roadman, ready money, retinene, ruritanian, red onion, retem, ruthenium, radian, ruritania, rotenone, radium, rhodymenia, routine, rotation, retama, redeem, RETINA.