Synonyms of keep up

keep up

verb

1

as in to survive

to continue to operate or to meet one's needs

let's hope that old air conditioner keeps up through this heat wave

Synonyms & Similar Words

• survive
• last
• prevail
• remain
• hold out
• hold up
• continue
• persist
• get along
• get on
• go
• get by
• carry on
• make out
• manage
• hang in
• bear up
• endure
• cope
• hang on
• run on
• draw out
• stretch
• hold on
• persevere
• fare
• abide
• linger

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• run out
• fail
• go out
• give out
• stop
• cut out
• die
• break down
• break
• peter (out)
• expire
• collapse
• stall
• crash
• run down
• fizzle
• conk (out)
• wane

2

as in to preserve

to keep in good condition

kept the house up while the owners were gone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• preserve
• conserve
• maintain
• save
• protect
• defend
• restore
• sustain
• safeguard
• care (for)
• guard
• rebuild
• husband
• service
• manage
• support
• remedy
• shield
• cure
• patch
• rehabilitate
• reconstruct
• screen
• heal
• fix
• rejuvenate
• mend

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignore
• disregard
• neglect
• destroy
• hurt
• break
• impair
• ruin
• harm
• damage
• injure
• wreck

3

as in to remain

to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state

let's hope this beautiful weather keeps up for the rest of our vacation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• remain
• continue
• last
• persist
• stay
• run on
• hold on
• endure
• hold up
• survive
• bide
• abide
• stick around
• perdure
• linger
• prevail
• carry through
• tarry

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stop
• die
• end
• pass
• finish
• close
• conclude
• cease
• wind up
• quit
• terminate
• discontinue
• expire
• die (down)
• leave off
• lapse
• desist
• moderate
• abate
• subside
• let up
• wane
• ebb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of keep up

County probation departments lack resources to keep up In all California counties except Santa Clara County, which has an entirely separate unit, pretrial services are run through county probation departments. — Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Chinese startups and tech giants are spending billions to keep up. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Wages haven’t kept up, pushing nearly half of Floridians into financial precarity. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

Ulysses was also working against its own internal clock, needing to add more employees in short order to keep up with its growth. — Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2026