Thesaurus results for KEEPER

keeper

noun

ˈkē-pər

Definition of keeper

as in custodian

a person or group that watches over someone or something how should I know where she is? I'm not her keeper

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as in warden

a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner during the winter the keeper of the family's beach house is a local resident who looks after the place

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Recent Examples of keeper In the once-pink primary bath, the clawfoot tub was a keeper. — Laura Regensdorf, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026 The $1,180 style is classified as a loafer, though the design has none of the keeper straps, tassels or moccasin stitching that have been popular with the silhouette’s comeback. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026 In four plays at the goal line, Fields’ second team scored three times, including a Demercado rush, a quarterback keeper and an Emmett Johnson rush. — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026 Occupied by volunteer lighthouse keepers who live in the keeper’s quarters each summer, the lighthouse is only accessible by a 2-mile hike (4 miles round trip) along a sandy lakeside trail. — Midwest Living, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for keeper

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More from this past week • A transgender woman who works as a custodian at the University of Kansas was reported for using the wrong restroom under a new state law.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026
Zuckerberg is referencing OpenAI and Anthropic, which operate on the premise that hyper-smart AI is both inevitable and apocalyptic—and therefore safe only in the hands of the wisest custodians (themselves).

— Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2026

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The titular gang comprises Mac (McElhenney), a closeted wannabe tough guy; the narcissistic prepster Dennis (Glenn Howerton); Dennis’s chronically unsure fraternal twin, Dee (Kaitlin Olson); and the bar’s buffoonish janitor, Charlie (Charlie Day).

— Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
The janitor then told nurses of the discovery, and police were notified as required by law.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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White works for the state as an in-home caretaker for elderly and disabled clients.

— Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Jose Mourinho returns to the Bernabeu thirteen years after his first spell ended, appointed to end a two-season trophy drought that cost Xabi Alonso his job in January and left Álvaro Arbeloa’s caretaker spell without a single piece of silverware.

— Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026