maintain

The word “maintain” has 2 syllables: main-tain

It's pronounced as /meɪnˈteɪn/


What is synonym and antonym for maintain?

In the thesaurus, “maintain” has 127 synonyms and 58 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for maintain

  • adduce
  • advance
  • advise
  • advocate
  • affirm
  • allege
  • announce
  • argue
  • assert
  • asseverate
  • attest
  • aver
  • avouch
  • avow
  • back
  • broadcast
  • carry on
  • champion
  • cite
  • claim
  • 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
  • stand up for
  • state
  • stick up for
  • stress
  • submit
  • suggest
  • supply
  • support
  • sustain
  • take care of
  • underline
  • underscore
  • underwrite
  • uphold
  • urge
  • vindicate
  • warrant

Antonyms for maintain

Meanings of maintain

  • verb
    1. To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
    2. To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
    3. To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.

Example Sentences

  • It's important to maintain a healthy diet and exercise routine for overall well-being.
  • The company aims to maintain high standards of quality in its products.
  • He worked hard to maintain his reputation as a reliable and trustworthy employee.
  • Regular inspections are conducted to maintain the safety of the building.
  • The government is committed to maintaining public infrastructure to ensure smooth transportation and communication.

On this page you'll find 185 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to maintain, such as: abandon, abjure, adduce, advance, advise, advocate, affirm.

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

Related Words

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

taken for granted

  • absolute
  • acceptable
  • accepted
  • accurate
  • accustomed
  • acknowledged
  • affirmed
  • alleged
  • ancestral
  • appreciated
  • asserted
  • assumed
  • averred
  • avouched
  • avowed
  • axiomatic
  • believed
  • certain
  • claimed
  • classic
  • classical
  • common
  • complete
  • conceived
  • concluded
  • conjectured
  • connoted
  • constant
  • constructive
  • contained
  • contended
  • conventional
  • counted on
  • credited
  • customary
  • declared
  • deduced
  • definite
  • doctrinal
  • down pat
  • dreamed
  • dreamt
  • entire
  • fancied
  • figured
  • firm
  • fixed
  • folk
  • full
  • gathered
  • given
  • granted
  • guessed
  • habitual
  • historic
  • hypothecated
  • hypothesized
  • hypothetical
  • imagined
  • immemorial
  • implicative
  • implied
  • inarticulate
  • inevitable
  • inferential
  • inferred
  • insisted
  • judged
  • known
  • latent
  • likely
  • long-established
  • maintained
  • old
  • on to
  • oral
  • pat
  • perceived
  • popular
  • possible
  • postulated
  • practical
  • preconceived
  • premised
  • prescribed
  • presumable
  • presumed
  • presupposed
  • probable
  • professed
  • prospective
  • reckoned
  • regular
  • roger
  • rooted
  • said
  • sanctioned
  • speculated
  • standard
  • steadfast
  • supposed
  • suppositional
  • suppositive
  • surmised
  • suspected
  • suspicioned
  • swallowed
  • tacit
  • taken
  • taken as known
  • theorized
  • thought
  • time-honored
  • total
  • transmitted
  • unconditional
  • undeclared
  • understood
  • undoubting
  • unexpressed
  • unfaltering
  • unhesitating
  • universal
  • unqualified
  • unquestioned
  • unquestioning
  • unreserved
  • unsaid
  • unshakable
  • unspoken
  • unstated
  • unuttered
  • unwritten
  • usual
  • vintage
  • virtual
  • wholehearted
  • widely used
  • widespread
  • wise to
  • wordless

take care of

  • KO
  • TCB
  • abet
  • accommodate
  • accomplish
  • achieve
  • act
  • adapt
  • adjust
  • administer
  • administrate
  • advance
  • advocate
  • aid
  • allow
  • alter
  • answer
  • ante up
  • apply oneself to
  • approach
  • arrange
  • arrive
  • assemble
  • assist
  • atone
  • atone for
  • attain
  • attend
  • attend to
  • baby
  • baby-sit
  • babysit
  • back
  • back up
  • bail out
  • balance
  • ballyhoo
  • bang
  • bash
  • batter
  • be capable of
  • be equal to
  • be in charge
  • be in saddle
  • be in the saddle
  • be in the service of
  • be on alert
  • be on duty
  • be on the lookout
  • be responsible for
  • be solicitous of
  • be up to
  • be vigilant
  • be wary
  • be watchful
  • bear down
  • bear the cost
  • bear the expense
  • beat
  • beat down
  • beat up
  • behave
  • behave toward
  • benefit
  • bequeath
  • bestow
  • better
  • blank
  • blast
  • blow away
  • bludgeon
  • boost
  • boss
  • break face
  • bring
  • bring about
  • bring off
  • bring to fruition
  • bring up
  • buffet
  • bulldoze
  • bump off
  • bury
  • button down
  • button up
  • buy
  • buy back
  • buy off
  • call a day
  • call the play
  • call the shots
  • call upon
  • can
  • can do
  • captain
  • care for
  • carry on
  • carry out
  • catalogue
  • cater
  • cater to
  • cause
  • chamber
  • champion
  • chaperon
  • chaperone
  • cherish
  • chill
  • chip in
  • chop
  • classify
  • claw
  • clean
  • clean up
  • clear
  • clinch
  • clobber
  • close
  • coax
  • coddle
  • codify
  • collaborate
  • combine
  • come
  • come down with
  • come through
  • command
  • commit
  • comp
  • compass
  • compensate
  • complete
  • compose
  • conceal
  • concentrate on
  • concern
  • concert
  • conclude
  • concoct
  • conduct
  • conduct oneself
  • confer
  • conquer
  • conserve
  • consider
  • constitute
  • construct
  • consummate
  • continue
  • contribute
  • control
  • convert
  • cook
  • cooperate
  • coordinate
  • cope with
  • corral
  • correlate
  • corrupt
  • cosset
  • cough up
  • counsel
  • counterbalance
  • counterpoise
  • countervail
  • cover
  • cover-up
  • crack the whip
  • cradle
  • cream
  • create
  • crown
  • crush
  • cultivate
  • cure
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down on
  • cut off
  • cut the mustard
  • deal with
  • decide
  • deck
  • deep-six
  • defeat
  • defend
  • defray
  • delight
  • designate
  • determine
  • devote oneself to
  • dig
  • dig up
  • direct
  • disburse
  • discharge
  • discuss
  • dispatch
  • dispense
  • dispose
  • dispose of
  • distribute
  • do
  • do a bang-up job
  • do away with
  • do business
  • do for
  • do in
  • do justice
  • do one proud
  • do the job
  • do the trick
  • do to a T
  • doctor
  • dominate
  • drop curtain
  • drown
  • drub
  • dust
  • earn wings
  • effect
  • effectuate
  • enact
  • enclose
  • encourage
  • end
  • enforce
  • engage in
  • engender
  • engineer
  • entertain
  • entice
  • equalize
  • equip
  • erase
  • establish
  • exceed
  • excel
  • execute
  • expedite
  • expiate
  • extend
  • facilitate
  • fashion
  • father
  • favor
  • feed
  • finance
  • finish
  • fit
  • fit out
  • fix
  • fix up
  • fix up with
  • flagellate
  • flail
  • flax
  • floor
  • focus on
  • fold up
  • foot
  • foot the bill
  • form
  • formulate
  • forward
  • foster
  • frame
  • fulfill
  • fund
  • furnish
  • further
  • gain
  • generate
  • get a handle on something
  • get at
  • get going
  • get it together
  • get ready
  • get someplace
  • get the better of
  • get there
  • get to
  • get-together
  • give
  • give a boost
  • give a boost to
  • give a leg up
  • give a lift
  • give in
  • give rein to
  • give satisfaction
  • go along
  • go at
  • go down the line for
  • go easy on
  • go for
  • go on with
  • go the distance
  • go to bat for
  • go with
  • govern
  • grant
  • gratify
  • grease
  • grease palm
  • grease the wheels
  • group
  • guard
  • guerdon
  • guide
  • hack it
  • halt
  • hammer away
  • hand over
  • handle
  • handle roughly
  • harbor
  • harmonize
  • hasten
  • have a go at
  • have at
  • have it made
  • have to do with
  • haven
  • head
  • head up
  • heal
  • helm
  • help
  • hide
  • hit
  • hoard
  • hold down
  • honor
  • house
  • humor
  • hurt
  • hype
  • ice
  • ill-treat
  • immobilize
  • immunize
  • implement
  • indemnify
  • indulge
  • influence
  • inoculate
  • inspect
  • instigate
  • instruct
  • irradiate
  • jell
  • keep
  • keep alive
  • keep an eye on
  • keep eyes open
  • keep eyes peeled
  • keep going
  • keep safe
  • keep tabs on
  • keep up
  • keep watch over
  • kick in
  • kill
  • knock about
  • knock around
  • knock off
  • knock out
  • knuckle down to
  • lacerate
  • lambaste
  • lash
  • lay one out
  • lead
  • lean on
  • lend a hand
  • let have it
  • lick
  • lick into shape
  • line up
  • liquidate
  • live with
  • lodge
  • look after
  • look out
  • look out for
  • look to
  • lubricate
  • lure
  • maintain
  • make
  • make a deal
  • make a go of it
  • make a pitch for
  • make amends
  • make good
  • make hay
  • make it
  • make out
  • make payment
  • make ready
  • make the grade
  • make up for
  • maltreat
  • manage
  • manipulate
  • marshal
  • master
  • may
  • medicate
  • meet
  • methodize
  • mind
  • minister
  • minister to
  • mold
  • molest
  • mollycoddle
  • mop up
  • mother
  • move
  • mug
  • murder
  • muscle
  • nail it
  • negotiate
  • nourish
  • nuke
  • nurse
  • nurture
  • oblige
  • off
  • offer
  • officiate
  • offset
  • oil palm
  • open doors
  • operate
  • ordain
  • outclass
  • outdo
  • outfit
  • outshine
  • outstrip
  • overcome
  • overcompensate
  • overlook
  • oversee
  • overthrow
  • overwhelm
  • own
  • pamper
  • pander
  • pander to
  • paste
  • patrol
  • patronize
  • paw
  • pay
  • pay for
  • pay off
  • pay up
  • peg away
  • pelt
  • percolate
  • perfect
  • perform
  • perpetuate
  • persevere
  • pervert
  • pet
  • pick up on
  • pigeonhole
  • pilot
  • pitch into
  • plank out
  • play
  • please
  • plug
  • plug away at
  • plunk down
  • ply
  • police
  • polish off
  • pony up
  • pound
  • prepare
  • prepay
  • present
  • preserve
  • preside
  • preside over
  • prevail
  • produce
  • proffer
  • prolong
  • promote
  • propagate
  • propitiate
  • prosecute
  • prostrate
  • protect
  • provide
  • provision
  • puff
  • pull off
  • pull the strings
  • pummel
  • push
  • put away
  • put finishing touch on
  • put in order
  • put in the hospital
  • put into effect
  • put it over
  • put lid on
  • put on the map
  • put out
  • put over
  • put through
  • put to bed
  • put together
  • put up
  • quarterback
  • quell
  • rack up
  • raise
  • range
  • ration
  • reach
  • ready
  • realize
  • rear
  • reciprocate
  • recompense
  • recoup
  • recover
  • redress
  • reduce
  • refine
  • refund
  • regale
  • regulate
  • reimburse
  • reinforce
  • relieve
  • remedy
  • remit
  • remunerate
  • render
  • renew
  • repair
  • repay
  • replenish
  • request
  • requite
  • retain
  • retaliate
  • retrieve
  • return
  • review
  • reward
  • rid
  • ride herd on
  • ride shotgun
  • ride shotgun for
  • roll over
  • roof
  • root for
  • rough up
  • rout
  • rule
  • run
  • run interference for
  • run the show
  • run things
  • run with the ball
  • safeguard
  • sail through
  • satiate
  • satisfy
  • save
  • score
  • scrape up
  • screen
  • scrimp
  • secure
  • seduce
  • see after
  • see to
  • sell
  • serve
  • set up
  • settle
  • sew up
  • shape
  • shell out
  • shellack
  • shelter
  • shepherd
  • shield
  • shoot down
  • shut down
  • shut off
  • sign
  • sit
  • sit on top of
  • skimp
  • skin
  • smash
  • snuff
  • snuff out
  • soap
  • sock away
  • speed
  • spoil
  • spoil rotten
  • sponsor
  • spring for
  • square
  • squirrel
  • squirrel away
  • stake
  • stand up for
  • standardize
  • stash
  • steer
  • steward
  • stock
  • stock up
  • store up
  • straighten
  • straighten out
  • stretch out
  • stump
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • suborn
  • succor
  • sugar
  • superintend
  • supervise
  • supply
  • support
  • surpass
  • surround
  • survey
  • sustain
  • swamp
  • sweeten the pot
  • swing for
  • tabulate
  • tailor
  • take
  • take care of business
  • take charge of
  • take down
  • take heed
  • take in
  • take out
  • take over
  • take the helm
  • take under wing
  • take up
  • tamper
  • tan
  • tempt
  • tend
  • terminate
  • thrash
  • throw oneself into
  • thump
  • tickle
  • tickle the palm
  • tip
  • top
  • top it off
  • torpedo
  • total
  • train
  • trample
  • transact
  • transcend
  • transform
  • trash
  • treat
  • triumph
  • triumph over
  • trounce
  • try
  • turn
  • turn out
  • turn to
  • ultimate
  • unburden
  • undertake
  • underwrite
  • uphold
  • use
  • use sparingly
  • vaccinate
  • vanquish
  • wait
  • wait on
  • wait upon
  • wallop
  • ward
  • waste
  • watch
  • watch out for
  • watch over
  • wax
  • whack
  • whelm
  • whip
  • whip into shape
  • whomp
  • whop
  • wield
  • win
  • wind up
  • wipe
  • wipe out
  • wipe the floor with
  • work for
  • work out a deal
  • work over
  • work with
  • wrap
  • wrap up
  • yield
  • zap

save

  • allocate
  • amass
  • apart from
  • apply
  • aside from
  • bail out
  • bar
  • barring
  • be frugal
  • be thrifty
  • beside
  • besides
  • bestow
  • bless
  • bring off
  • but
  • cache
  • collect
  • come to rescue
  • commit
  • confide
  • consecrate
  • conserve
  • consign
  • cure
  • cut back
  • cut corners
  • cut down
  • dedicate
  • defend
  • deliver
  • deposit
  • devote
  • disentangle
  • earmark
  • economize
  • emancipate
  • employ
  • entrust
  • except
  • except for
  • excepting
  • excluding
  • exclusive of
  • extricate
  • feather nest
  • fix
  • forgive
  • free
  • gather
  • get off the hook
  • get out of hock
  • give a break
  • guard
  • hallow
  • heal
  • hide away
  • hoard
  • hold
  • husband
  • intrust
  • keep
  • keep safe
  • keep up
  • lay aside
  • lay away
  • lay up
  • liberate
  • look after
  • maintain
  • make ends meet
  • manage
  • manumit
  • mend
  • other than
  • outside
  • outside of
  • pardon
  • patch
  • pile up
  • pinch
  • pinch pennies
  • preserve
  • protect
  • pull out of fire
  • purify
  • put by
  • ransom
  • rebuild
  • reclaim
  • reconstruct
  • recover
  • redeem
  • reform
  • rehabilitate
  • rejuvenate
  • release
  • remedy
  • remit
  • rescue
  • reserve
  • restore
  • retrench
  • roll back
  • safeguard
  • salt away
  • salvage
  • sanctify
  • save for rainy day
  • saving
  • scrape
  • screen
  • scrimp
  • service
  • set apart
  • set aside
  • set by
  • set free
  • shield
  • shrive
  • skimp
  • sock away
  • spare
  • spring
  • squirrel
  • stash
  • stockpile
  • store
  • stow away
  • support
  • sustain
  • take care of
  • tighten belt
  • treasure
  • unchain
  • unshackle
  • use

occupies

  • absorb
  • absorbs
  • allures
  • amuse
  • attend
  • attracts
  • be active with
  • be concerned with
  • be established
  • be in command
  • be in residence
  • beguiles
  • bemuses
  • bewitches
  • busies
  • busy
  • captivates
  • capture
  • catches up
  • charms
  • conquer
  • cover
  • distracts
  • divert
  • dwell
  • employ
  • enchants
  • engage
  • engages
  • engross
  • engrosses
  • ensconce
  • entertain
  • enthralls
  • enthrals
  • enwraps
  • establish
  • fascinates
  • fill
  • garrison
  • grips
  • hogs
  • hold
  • hold attention
  • hypnotizes
  • immerse
  • immerses
  • inhabit
  • interest
  • interests
  • intrigues
  • invade
  • involve
  • involves
  • keep
  • keep busy
  • live in
  • maintain
  • mesmerizes
  • monopolize
  • monopolizes
  • obsesses
  • obtain
  • overrun
  • own
  • people
  • permeate
  • pervade
  • populate
  • possess
  • preoccupies
  • preoccupy
  • remain
  • sit
  • soak
  • stay
  • take possession
  • take up
  • tenant
  • tie up
  • utilize

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