Synonyms of keeping

keeping 1 of 2

noun

1

as in custody

responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something

put the house keys into a neighbor's secure keeping while they were on vacation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• custody
• care
• control
• safekeeping
• ward
• management
• trust
• custodianship
• guardianship
• hand(s)
• supervision
• superintendence
• governorship

2

as in hands

the fact or state of having (something) at one's disposal

my aunt has all of our family's old photographs in her keeping

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hands
• enjoyment
• control
• possession
• ownership
• retention
• claiming
• power
• proprietorship
• procurement
• mastery
• dominion
• commandeering
• collaring
• command
• confiscation
• repossession
• authority

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• surrendering
• relinquishment
• nonpossession
• dispossession
• transferal

• surrendering
• relinquishment
• nonpossession
• dispossession
• transferal

3

as in adherence

the following of a custom, rule, or law

the keeping of religious laws and traditions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adherence
• compliance
• observation
• conformity
• conformance
• observance
• upholding
• obedience
• respect
• abidance
• deference
• regard
• surrender
• attendance
• attention
• acquiescence
• submission
• honor
• accession
• heed
• notice

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• violation
• breach
• infringement
• contravention
• disregard
• forgetting
• transgression
• trespass
• infraction
• neglect
• delinquency
• challenge
• offense
• nonobservance
• offence
• overlooking
• sin
• wrong
• defiance
• rebellion
• dereliction
• brush-off
• flouting

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• ignoring
• violation
• breach
• infringement
• contravention
• disregard
• forgetting
• transgression
• trespass
• infraction
• neglect
• delinquency
• challenge
• offense
• nonobservance
• offence
• overlooking
• sin
• wrong
• defiance
• rebellion
• dereliction
• brush-off
• flouting

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4

as in shape

a state of being or fitness

the estate hasn't been in good keeping since the owner suffered financial reverses

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shape
• health
• condition
• trim
• repair
• form
• order
• estate
• practice
• kilter
• nick
• standing
• fettle
• practise
• pass
• situation
• posture
• phase
• status
• footing
• stage
• picture
• scene
• rank

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disorder
• disrepair

• disorder
• disrepair

keeping

2 of 2

verb

present participle of keep

1

as in celebrating

to mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony

keep the Sabbath by not working

Synonyms & Similar Words

• celebrating
• commemorating
• observing
• remembering
• honoring
• blessing
• sanctifying
• praising
• consecrating
• lauding
• memorializing
• fêting
• feting
• solemnizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breaking
• violating
• ignoring
• forgetting
• neglecting
• disregarding
• transgressing
• overlooking
• blowing off

• breaking
• violating
• ignoring
• forgetting
• neglecting
• disregarding
• transgressing
• overlooking
• blowing off

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2

as in retaining

to continue to have in one's possession or power

the money is yours to keep

keep my secret and don't tell it to anyone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• retaining
• holding
• preserving
• saving
• having
• protecting
• possessing
• conserving
• withholding
• reserving
• enjoying
• guarding
• owning
• managing
• controlling
• holding on to
• boasting
• hanging on to
• detaining
• directing
• cherishing
• hugging
• harboring
• ruling
• commanding
• treasuring
• bearing
• clinging (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• giving
• releasing
• yielding
• relinquishing
• abandoning
• surrendering
• dropping
• contributing
• ceding
• dumping
• handing over
• donating
• discarding
• losing
• rejecting
• declining
• handing out
• repudiating
• giving up
• spurning

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• giving
• releasing
• yielding
• relinquishing
• abandoning
• surrendering
• dropping
• contributing
• ceding
• dumping
• handing over
• donating
• discarding
• losing
• rejecting
• declining
• handing out
• repudiating
• giving up
• spurning

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3

as in fulfilling

to do what is required by the terms of

make sure you keep your promise to help out at the homeless shelter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fulfilling
• satisfying
• completing
• meeting
• filling
• finalizing
• answering
• achieving
• making good
• redeeming
• making
• finishing
• accomplishing
• executing
• effecting
• abiding by
• perfecting
• making good on
• complying (with)
• consummating
• performing
• concluding
• carrying out
• bringing about
• committing
• discharging
• bringing off
• compassing
• following through (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breaking
• violating
• breaching
• transgressing
• ignoring
• forgetting
• neglecting
• disregarding
• overlooking
• defaulting (on)
• slighting
• passing over
• overpassing

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• breaking
• violating
• breaching
• transgressing
• ignoring
• forgetting
• neglecting
• disregarding
• overlooking
• defaulting (on)
• slighting
• passing over
• overpassing

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4

as in storing

to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability

I keep extra toothbrushes for unexpected overnight guests

Synonyms & Similar Words

• storing
• stowing
• housing
• packing
• repositing
• filing
• warehousing
• hangaring
• putting up
• shelving
• garaging
• cellaring

5

as in maintaining

to pay the living expenses of

agreed to keep both of their children in off-campus housing until they graduated and found jobs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• maintaining
• supporting
• financing
• funding
• taking care of
• sponsoring
• underwriting
• providing (for)
• staking
• patronizing
• footing the bill (for)
• setting up

6

as in managing

to look after and make decisions about

enlisted a relative to keep the store while she was away

Synonyms & Similar Words

• managing
• operating
• controlling
• supervising
• overseeing
• handling
• regulating
• running
• conducting
• governing
• protecting
• guiding
• directing
• administering
• tending
• administrating
• overlooking
• superintending
• stewarding
• steering
• carrying on
• watching
• safeguarding
• watching over
• leading
• guarding
• presiding (over)
• minding
• piloting
• micromanaging
• comanaging
• codirecting
• stage-managing
• co-managing
• caring (for)
• co-directing

7

as in controlling

to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)

try to keep your composure no matter what happens

Synonyms & Similar Words

• controlling
• regulating
• containing
• curbing
• restraining
• holding
• checking
• measuring
• suppressing
• taming
• stifling
• governing
• stopping
• constraining
• inhibiting
• ruling
• bridling
• pulling in
• interrupting
• repressing
• swallowing
• strangling
• hindering
• impeding
• hampering
• squelching
• smothering
• blocking
• obstructing
• reining (in)
• holding back
• arresting
• muffling
• sinking
• mincing
• silencing
• pocketing
• handcuffing
• muzzling
• gagging
• choking (back)
• bottling (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing
• expressing
• loosening
• liberating
• loosing
• venting
• unleashing
• airing
• taking out

• losing
• expressing
• loosening
• liberating
• loosing
• venting
• unleashing
• airing
• taking out

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8

as in protecting

to drive danger or attack away from

may God bless and keep you

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protecting
• defending
• safeguarding
• guarding
• shielding
• securing
• preventing
• saving
• warding
• preserving
• fending
• covering
• conserving
• fencing
• screening
• resisting
• bulwarking
• withstanding
• fighting
• forfending
• opposing
• averting
• standing up for
• battling
• contending
• warring
• picketing
• walling
• buffering
• palisading

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• attacking
• assaulting
• assailing
• bombarding
• storming
• submitting
• yielding
• overrunning
• besieging
• besetting
• caving
• capitulating

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• attacking
• assaulting
• assailing
• bombarding
• storming
• submitting
• yielding
• overrunning
• besieging
• besetting
• caving
• capitulating

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