Show
Related Words for holds
Compiled automatically from published text to show words that appear in related contexts.
Read More
Results may indicate historical usage, and do not reflect the views of Merriam-Webster.
Send us feedback.
| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| grasp | / | Verb, Verb |
| grip | / | Verb, Verb |
| handle | /x | Verb, Verb |
| arrest | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| clutches | /x | Verb, Noun |
| withstand | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| wait | / | Verb, Verb |
| halt | / | Verb, Verb |
| keep | / | Verb, Verb |
| carry | /x | Verb, Verb |
| take | / | Verb, Verb |
| restrain | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| maintain | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| give | / | Verb, Verb |
| retain | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| throw | / | Verb, Verb |
| sustain | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| support | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| delay | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| apply | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| reserve | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| postponement | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| defend | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| obtain | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| prevail | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| clench | / | Verb, Verb |
| oblige | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| make | / | Verb, Verb |
| control | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| defy | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| entertain | xx/ | Verb, Verb |
| check | / | Verb, Verb |
| detention | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| contain | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| clasp | / | Verb, Verb |
| admit | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| confine | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| deem | / | Verb, Verb |
| guard | / | Verb, Verb |
| curb | / | Verb, Verb |
| appreciation | xxx/x | Verb, Noun |
| bind | / | Noun, Verb |
| have | / | Verb, Verb |
| custody | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| accommodate | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| declare | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| harbour | /x | Verb, Verb |
| harbor | /x | Verb, Verb |
| book | / | Verb, Verb |
| nurse | / | Verb, Verb |
| moderate | /xx | Verb, Verb |
| bear | / | Verb, Verb |
| have got | // | Phrase, Verb |
| hold back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| hold in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| hold up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| keep back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| take for | // | Phrase, Verb |
| take hold | // | Phrase, Verb |
| time lag | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| let go of | /// | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| owns | / | Verb |
| sits | / | Verb |
| occupies | /xx | Verb |
| possesses | x/x | Verb |
| clings | / | Verb |
| hangs | / | Verb |
| secures | x/ | Verb |
| earns | / | Verb |
| puts | / | Verb |
| boasts | / | Verb |
| enjoys | x/ | Verb |
| belongs | x/ | Verb |
| acquires | x/x | Verb |
| brings | / | Verb |
| wields | / | Verb |
| participates | x/xx | Verb |
| confers | x/ | Verb |
| rests | / | Verb |
| loses | /x | Verb |
| receives | x/ | Verb |
| attends | x/ | Verb |
| buys | / | Verb |
| sells | / | Verb |
| grabs | / | Verb |
| seizes | /x | Verb |
| stands | / | Verb |
| serves | / | Verb |
| conducts | x/ | Verb |
| pulls | / | Verb |
| dominates | /xx | Verb |
| sees | / | Verb |
| produces | x/x | Verb |
| uses | /x | Verb |
| operates | /xx | Verb |
| lends | / | Verb |
| manages | /xx | Verb |
| bestows | x/ | Verb |
| dangles | /x | Verb |
| cherishes | /xx | Verb |
| pays | / | Verb |
| wears | / | Verb |
| presides | x/ | Verb |
| draws | / | Verb |
| considers | x/x | Verb |
| accepts | x/ | Verb |
| pursues | x/ | Verb |
| provides | x/ | Verb |
| imparts | x/ | Verb |
| defers | x/ | Verb |
| offers | /x | Verb |
| enters | /x | Verb |
| gathers | /x | Verb |
| resides | x/ | Verb |
| carves | / | Verb |
| hovers | /x | Verb |
| fetches | /x | Verb |
| donates | /x | Verb |
| delivers | x/x | Verb |
| collects | x/ | Verb |
| weighs | / | Verb |
| organizes | /xxx | Verb |
| goes | / | Verb |
| invokes | x/ | Verb |
| consists | x/ | Verb |
| withholds | /x | Verb |
| generates | /xx | Verb |
| adopts | x/ | Verb |
| relinquishes | x/xx | Verb |
| attracts | x/ | Verb |
| adheres | x/ | Verb |
| encompasses | x/xx | Verb |
| dispenses | x/x | Verb |
| gets | / | Verb |
| represents | xx/ | Verb |
| awaits | x/ | Verb |
| attaches | x/x | Verb |
| utilizes | /xxx | Verb |
| extends | x/ | Verb |
| comprises | x/x | Verb |
| captive | /x | Verb |
| sway | / | Noun |
| trivially | /xxx | Adverb |
| publishes | /xx | Verb |
| barred | / | Verb |
| glue | / | Noun |
| doctorate | /xx | Noun |
| converse | /x | Noun |
| kisses | /x | Verb |
| promise | /x | Noun |
| patents | /x | Noun |
| hostage | /x | Adverb |
| ridicule | /xx | Verb |
| lifts | / | Verb |
| tenaciously | x/xx | Adverb |
| picks | / | Verb |
| aloft | x/ | Adverb |
| catches | /x | Verb |
| shakes | / | Verb |
| leans | / | Verb |
| theorem | /x | Noun |
| gallons | /x | Noun |
| reins | / | Noun |
| bachelor | /xx | Noun |
| inequality | xx/xx | Noun |
| guides | / | Verb |
| smiles | / | Verb |
| surprises | x/x | Noun |
| pushes | /x | Verb |
| tight | / | Adverb |
| embraces | x/x | Verb |
| fascination | xx/x | Noun |
| releases | x/x | Verb |
| seminars | /xx | Noun |
| reverse | x/ | Noun |
| dear | / | Noun |
| generalization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| hearings | /x | Noun |
| esteem | x/ | Noun |
| walks | / | Verb |
| cement | x/ | Noun |
| touches | /x | Verb |
| container | x/x | Noun |
| investor | x/x | Noun |
| conferences | /xxx | Noun |
| protects | x/ | Verb |
| equality | x/xx | Noun |
| ranks | / | Noun, Verb |
| key | / | Noun |
| listens | /x | Verb |
| cargo | /x | Noun |
| mirror | /x | Noun |
| rejects | x/ | Verb |
| deservedly | x/xx | Adverb |
| watches | /x | Verb |
| laughs | / | Verb |
| kant | / | Name |
| directs | x/ | Verb |
| places | /x | Verb |
| regards | x/ | Verb |
| future | /x | Noun |
| portfolio | x/xx | Noun |
| attraction | x/x | Noun |
| palm | / | Noun |
| denies | x/ | Verb |
| closes | /x | Verb |
| raises | /x | Verb |
| asymptotically | /xxxx | Adverb |
| register | /xx | Noun |
| drives | / | Verb |
| accounts | x/ | Noun |
| accuses | x/x | Verb |
| administers | x/xx | Verb, Noun |
| affirms | x/ | Verb |
| afternoon | xx/ | Noun, Adverb |
| airless | /x | Adjective |
| alleges | x/x | Verb |
| annual | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| appears | x/ | Name |
| applauds | x/ | Verb |
| argues | /x | Verb |
| arranges | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| ashen | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| ashy | /x | Adjective |
| asserts | x/ | Verb |
| associational | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| assumes | x/ | Verb |
| audience | /xx | Noun |
| awakened | x/x | Adjective |
| banked | / | Adjective |
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| believes | x/ | Verb |
| black | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| blames | / | Verb |
| blanketed | /xx | Adjective |
| bleached | / | Adjective |
| blotted | /x | Adjective |
| brightened | /x | Verb |
| bunker | /x | Noun, Verb |
| can | / | Verb, Noun |
| cares | / | Verb, Noun |
| celebrates | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| claims | / | Noun, Verb |
| clamps | / | Noun, Verb |
| commends | x/ | Verb |
| complicates | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| conceives | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| concludes | x/ | Verb |
| conserves | x/ | Noun |
| contends | x/ | Verb |
| continues | x/x | Verb |
| convenes | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| corresponds | xx/ | Verb |
| deals | / | Verb |
| deductions | x/x | Noun |
| derives | x/ | Verb |
| derogations | /x/x | Noun |
| docks | / | Noun |
| does | / | Noun |
| downstream | // | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| elected | x/x | Noun |
| encloses | x/x | Verb |
| ensures | x/ | Verb |
| entails | x/ | Verb |
| everything | /xx | Verb |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| exercises | /xxx | Noun |
| exerts | x/ | Verb |
| feels | / | Noun, Adjective |
| fig | / | Name, Verb |
| finds | / | Verb |
| flat | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| forfeitures | /xx | Noun |
| fulcrum | /x | Noun |
| happens | /x | Verb |
| holder | /x | Noun |
| hosts | / | Noun |
| houses | /x | Noun |
| includes | x/ | Verb |
| incorporates | x/xx | Verb |
| insists | x/ | Verb |
| involves | x/ | Verb |
| leads | / | Verb |
| lies | / | Adjective |
| meets | / | Verb |
| none | / | Noun, Adverb |
| opens | /x | Verb |
| organises | xxxx | Verb, Noun |
| pauses | /x | Verb, Noun |
| performs | x/ | Verb |
| persists | x/ | Verb |
| plays | / | Verb, Noun |
| presents | /x | Noun |
| preserves | x/ | Noun |
| re | / | Noun |
| recognizes | /xxx | Verb |
| relates | x/ | Verb |
| remains | x/ | Noun |
| runs | / | Noun |
| saddened | /x | Verb |
| saves | / | Verb |
| says | / | Verb |
| seats | / | Noun |
| spaces | /x | Noun |
| stability | x/xx | Noun |
| stabilizes | /xxx | Verb |
| stays | / | Noun |
| stems | / | Verb, Noun |
| sticking | /x | Noun |
| stops | / | Noun |
| stores | / | Noun |
| submits | x/ | Verb |
| suspensions | x/x | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| thinks | / | Verb |
| undergoes | /xx | Verb |
| undertakes | /xx | Verb |
| upholds | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| wants | / | Verb |
| wedges | /x | Noun |
| welcomes | /x | Verb, Noun |
| wishes | /x | Noun |
