Other Words for Keep

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Keep as a Noun has these synonyms:

hold, have, take care or charge of, mind, tend, care for, look after, guard, keep an eye on, watch over, protect, safeguard, maintain, feed, nourish, victual, board, nurture, provide for, provision
Example: Would you keep this parcel for me until I return? They keep chickens and ducks.

Keep as a Verb has these synonyms:

accumulate, save (up), amass, hoard (up), husband, retain, preserve, put or stow away
Example: My brother has kept all the toys he ever had.

celebrate, observe, solemnize, memorialize, commemorate
Example: We always kept Easter at my mother's house in the country.

confine, detain, imprison, incarcerate, jail or also gaol
Example: The police have kept him overnight.

donjon, tower, dungeon
Example: He was imprisoned in the keep of the castle for twenty years.

harbor, maintain, safeguard, keep dark
Example: Can you keep a secret? .

keep to, abide by, follow, obey, mind, adhere to, attend to, pay attention to, heed, regard, observe, respect, acknowledge, defer to, accede (to), agree (to)
Example: Only a stickler would keep the letter of such a law.

last, be preserved, survive, stand up, stay fresh
Example: Eggs keep longer in the refrigerator.

maintain, store, preserve
Example: I keep woollen things in a cedar chest.

retain, hold, hang on to, preserve, conserve, have, save, maintain, control
Example: The difficulty is not in making money but in keeping it.

stay, remain
Example: Keep off the grass. Keep to the left.

support, finance, provide for, subsidize, maintain
Example: He kept a mistress in Chelsea.

upkeep, maintenance, support, room and board, subsistence, food, sustenance, living
Example: He works hard to earn his keep.

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