keep up

The phrase “keep up” has 2 syllables: keep up

It's pronounced as /kiːp ʌp/


What is synonym and antonym for keep up?

In the thesaurus, “keep up” has 71 synonyms and 46 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for keep up along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for keep up

  • abide
  • balance
  • bear up
  • bide
  • carry on
  • carry through
  • compete
  • conserve
  • contend
  • continue
  • cope
  • cure
  • defend
  • draw out
  • emulate
  • endure
  • fare
  • fix
  • get along
  • get by
  • get on
  • go
  • go on
  • guard
  • hang in
  • hang on
  • heal
  • hold on
  • hold out
  • hold up
  • husband
  • keep pace
  • keep step
  • last
  • linger
  • maintain
  • make out
  • manage
  • match
  • mend
  • pace
  • patch
  • perdure
  • persevere
  • persist
  • preserve
  • prevail
  • protect
  • rebuild
  • reconstruct
  • rehabilitate
  • rejuvenate
  • remain
  • remedy
  • restore
  • rival
  • run on
  • run with
  • safeguard
  • save
  • screen
  • service
  • shield
  • stay
  • stick around
  • stretch
  • support
  • survive
  • sustain
  • tarry
  • vie

Antonyms for keep up

  • abate
  • break
  • break down
  • cease
  • close
  • collapse
  • conclude
  • crash
  • cut out
  • damage
  • desist
  • destroy
  • die
  • discontinue
  • disregard
  • ebb
  • end
  • expire
  • fail
  • finish
  • fizzle
  • give out
  • go out
  • harm
  • hurt
  • ignore
  • impair
  • injure
  • lapse
  • leave off
  • let go
  • let up
  • moderate
  • neglect
  • pass
  • quit
  • ruin
  • run down
  • run out
  • stall
  • stop
  • subside
  • terminate
  • wane
  • wind up
  • wreck

Meanings of keep up

  • verb
    1. To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating.
    2. To continue with (work, etc).
    3. To stay even or ahead.
    4. To ensure that one remains well-informed about something.

Example Sentences

  • She struggles to keep up with the fast pace of the conversation.
  • Despite the challenges, he manages to keep up with his demanding workload.
  • The marathon runner pushed himself to keep up with the leaders of the race.
  • It's important to keep up with current events to stay informed about what's happening in the world.
  • She makes an effort to keep up with her hobbies even with her busy schedule.

On this page you'll find 117 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to keep up, such as: abate, abide, balance, bear up, bide, break, break down.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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hang in there

  • abide
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  • weather
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save

  • allocate
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  • apart from
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  • beside
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  • feather nest
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  • preserve
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  • rebuild
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  • recover
  • redeem
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  • release
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  • rescue
  • reserve
  • restore
  • retrench
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  • salt away
  • salvage
  • sanctify
  • save for rainy day
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  • service
  • set apart
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  • support
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  • tighten belt
  • treasure
  • unchain
  • unshackle
  • use

maintain

  • adduce
  • advance
  • advise
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  • affirm
  • allege
  • announce
  • argue
  • assert
  • asseverate
  • attest
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  • back
  • broadcast
  • carry on
  • champion
  • cite
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  • confirm
  • confute
  • conserve
  • consider
  • contend
  • continue
  • control
  • convince
  • correct
  • counsel
  • counter
  • cultivate
  • cure
  • debate
  • declare
  • defend
  • discuss
  • disprove
  • emphasize
  • enforce
  • espouse
  • explain
  • fight for
  • finance
  • fix
  • fund
  • give
  • go on with
  • guard
  • heal
  • hold
  • husband
  • insist
  • justify
  • keep
  • keep going
  • keep up
  • look after
  • manage
  • mend
  • mention
  • nurture
  • offer
  • patch
  • patronize
  • perpetuate
  • persevere
  • persist
  • persuade
  • plead
  • plead for
  • preserve
  • proclaim
  • profess
  • prolong
  • propose
  • protect
  • protest
  • provide
  • purport
  • put forth
  • rationalize
  • reaffirm
  • reason
  • reassert
  • rebuild
  • rebut
  • recommend
  • reconstruct
  • rectify
  • refute
  • rehabilitate
  • rejuvenate
  • remedy
  • renew
  • repair
  • report
  • restore
  • retain
  • right
  • safeguard
  • save
  • say
  • screen
  • service
  • set up
  • shield
  • sponsor
  • stake
  • stand by
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  • state
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  • stress
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  • underline
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  • urge
  • vindicate
  • warrant

last

  • abide
  • absolute
  • aftermost
  • antipodal
  • at the end
  • bear up
  • bide
  • biggest
  • bitter end
  • bottommost
  • carry on
  • carry through
  • certain
  • clear
  • climactic
  • close
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  • cogent
  • compelling
  • completion
  • concluding
  • conclusion
  • conclusive
  • consequent
  • consummate
  • continue
  • convincing
  • cope
  • crowning
  • curtains
  • deciding
  • decisive
  • definite
  • definitive
  • determinate
  • determinative
  • dispositive
  • draw out
  • end
  • ending
  • endmost
  • endure
  • endwise
  • ensuing
  • eventual
  • exist
  • extreme
  • far
  • far-off
  • fare
  • farthermost
  • farthest
  • final
  • finale
  • finis
  • finish
  • finishing
  • following
  • furthermost
  • furthest
  • get along
  • get by
  • get on
  • go
  • hands-down
  • hang in
  • hang on
  • hindmost
  • hold on
  • hold out
  • hold up
  • hugest
  • inarguable
  • incontestable
  • incontrovertible
  • indisputable
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  • keep up
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  • linger
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  • nth
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  • once and for all
  • outermost
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  • outside
  • paramount
  • penultimate
  • perdure
  • persevere
  • persist
  • persuasive
  • positive
  • prevail
  • rearmost
  • remain
  • remotest
  • run on
  • stay
  • stick around
  • stretch
  • subsist
  • succeeding
  • supreme
  • sure
  • survive
  • swan song
  • tarry
  • telling
  • terminal
  • terminating
  • termination
  • top
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  • ulterior
  • ultimate
  • unambiguous
  • unanswerable
  • unchallenged
  • uncontested
  • undebatable
  • undeniable
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  • undisputed
  • unequaled
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  • unmatched
  • unparalleled
  • unquestionable
  • unrivaled
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  • unsurpassed
  • upmost
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  • wear

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