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

cache

  • accumulate
  • accumulation
  • acquire
  • amass
  • armory
  • arsenal
  • assemblage
  • assemble
  • assets
  • bank
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  • coffers
  • collect
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  • conceal
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  • fund
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  • garner
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  • hide
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  • kitty
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  • nest egg
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  • preserve
  • provisions
  • put away
  • put by
  • put in the hole
  • repertory
  • repository
  • reserve
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  • retain
  • round up
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  • save
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  • screen
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  • set aside
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  • shade
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  • squirrel
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  • stack
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  • stock
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  • store
  • storehouse
  • stow
  • supplies
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  • treasure
  • treasury
  • wealth
  • withhold

earmark

  • allocate
  • apply
  • attribute
  • bestow
  • bless
  • character
  • characteristic
  • clay
  • colors
  • commit
  • complexion
  • composition
  • confide
  • consecrate
  • consign
  • constitution
  • dedicate
  • designate
  • devote
  • differential
  • disposition
  • distinction
  • distinctiveness
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  • employ
  • entrust
  • essence
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  • feature
  • flavor
  • genius
  • grain
  • habit
  • hallmark
  • hallow
  • individuality
  • interior
  • interiority
  • intrust
  • keep back
  • label
  • maintain
  • makeup
  • mark
  • mark out
  • marking
  • metal
  • name
  • nature
  • peculiarity
  • personality
  • point
  • property
  • quality
  • reserve
  • sanctify
  • save
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  • savour
  • self
  • set apart
  • set aside
  • set by
  • singularity
  • slot
  • sort
  • soul
  • spirit
  • stamp
  • stuff
  • substance
  • tab
  • tag
  • temper
  • temperament
  • token
  • tone
  • trademark
  • trait
  • uniqueness
  • use
  • way

keep

  • abide by
  • accomplish
  • accumulate
  • achieve
  • adhere to
  • administer
  • administrate
  • amass
  • answer
  • arrest
  • attend
  • avert
  • battle
  • bear
  • bless
  • block
  • board
  • boast
  • bridle
  • bring about
  • bring off
  • buffer
  • bulwark
  • cache
  • care
  • care and feeding
  • care for
  • carry
  • carry on
  • carry out
  • celebrate
  • cellar
  • check
  • cherish
  • codirect
  • comanage
  • command
  • commemorate
  • commit
  • compass
  • complete
  • comply with
  • conclude
  • conduct
  • consecrate
  • conservancy
  • conservation
  • conserve
  • conserving
  • constrain
  • consummate
  • contain
  • contend
  • continue
  • control
  • cover
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  • custody
  • deal in
  • defend
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  • delay
  • deposit
  • detain
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  • direct
  • discharge
  • effect
  • endure
  • enjoy
  • execute
  • feed
  • fence
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  • fete
  • fight
  • file
  • fill
  • finalize
  • finance
  • finish
  • forfend
  • foster
  • fulfil
  • fulfill
  • fund
  • gag
  • garage
  • garner
  • govern
  • grasp
  • grip
  • guard
  • guardianship
  • guarding
  • guide
  • hamper
  • hamstring
  • handcuff
  • handle
  • hang on to
  • hangar
  • harbor
  • have
  • heap
  • hinder
  • hold
  • hold back
  • hold on to
  • honor
  • house
  • hug
  • impede
  • inhibit
  • interrupt
  • laud
  • lead
  • limit
  • look after
  • maintain
  • maintenance
  • make
  • make good
  • make good on
  • manage
  • measure
  • meet
  • memorialize
  • micromanage
  • mince
  • mind
  • minister to
  • muffle
  • muzzle
  • nourish
  • nurture
  • obey
  • observe
  • obstruct
  • operate
  • oppose
  • ordain
  • overlook
  • oversee
  • own
  • pack
  • palisade
  • patronize
  • perfect
  • perform
  • picket
  • pile
  • pilot
  • place
  • pocket
  • possess
  • praise
  • preservation
  • preserve
  • preserving
  • prevent
  • protect
  • protection
  • provision
  • pull in
  • put
  • put up
  • redeem
  • regard
  • regulate
  • remember
  • reposit
  • repress
  • reserve
  • resist
  • respect
  • restrain
  • retain
  • retard
  • ritualize
  • rule
  • run
  • safeguard
  • safeguarding
  • safekeeping
  • sanctify
  • satisfy
  • save
  • screen
  • season
  • secure
  • set up
  • shackle
  • shelter
  • shelve
  • shield
  • silence
  • sink
  • smother
  • solemnize
  • sponsor
  • squelch
  • stack
  • stage-manage
  • stake
  • stall
  • stand up for
  • steer
  • steward
  • stifle
  • stock
  • stop
  • store
  • stow
  • strangle
  • subsidize
  • superintend
  • supervise
  • support
  • suppress
  • sustain
  • sustaining
  • sustentation
  • swallow
  • take care of
  • tame
  • tend
  • trade in
  • treasure
  • underwrite
  • upkeep
  • victual
  • wall
  • war
  • ward
  • warehouse
  • watch
  • watch over
  • withhold
  • withstand

keep an eye on

  • abide by
  • accomplish
  • accord
  • adhere to
  • administer
  • adopt
  • advance
  • advise
  • aid
  • angel
  • attend
  • attend to
  • audit
  • baby sit
  • baby-sit
  • back
  • bankroll
  • be a source of strength
  • be attentive
  • be consistent with
  • be devoted to
  • be guided by
  • be in charge
  • be in keeping
  • be in the saddle
  • be interested in
  • be on duty
  • be responsible for
  • beam
  • bedog
  • behold
  • boss
  • bring up
  • bulwark
  • buoy up
  • call the play
  • call the shots
  • captain
  • care for
  • case
  • catch
  • cater to
  • chaperon
  • chaperone
  • check
  • check out
  • cherish
  • command
  • comply
  • concentrate
  • concentrate on
  • conduct
  • conform
  • contemplate
  • control
  • convoy
  • copy
  • corral
  • counsel
  • cover
  • cover up
  • crack the whip
  • cradle
  • cultivate
  • deal with
  • defend
  • detect
  • devote oneself
  • dig
  • direct
  • discern
  • discipline
  • discover
  • distinguish
  • do
  • do for
  • do like
  • dog
  • eagle eye
  • eagle-eye
  • emulate
  • encourage
  • ensure
  • escort
  • espy
  • examine
  • eye
  • eyeball
  • father
  • feed
  • fend
  • finance
  • flash
  • focus
  • follow
  • follow suit
  • fortify
  • forward
  • foster
  • fund
  • further
  • gape
  • gawk
  • gaze
  • get a load of
  • get an eyeful of
  • give a leg up
  • give allegiance to
  • give heed to
  • give the once-over
  • glance
  • glare
  • glimpse
  • goggle
  • govern
  • guard
  • handle
  • harbor
  • harmonize
  • have a look-see
  • have charge of
  • hear
  • hearken
  • heed
  • herd
  • hold fast
  • hound
  • humor
  • imitate
  • immunize
  • indulge
  • inoculate
  • inspect
  • irradiate
  • keep
  • keep abreast of
  • keep alive
  • keep in view
  • keep tabs on
  • keep track of
  • keep under surveillance
  • lamp
  • lend an ear
  • listen
  • listen up
  • live up to
  • look
  • look after
  • look at
  • look on
  • lookout
  • maintain
  • make a living
  • make certain
  • make out
  • manage
  • mark
  • match
  • medicate
  • mimic
  • mind
  • mind the store
  • minister
  • minister to
  • mirror
  • model on
  • monitor
  • mother
  • note
  • notice
  • nourish
  • nurse
  • nurture
  • obey
  • observe
  • occupy oneself with
  • overlook
  • oversee
  • pamper
  • patrol
  • pattern oneself upon
  • pay attention
  • pay attention to
  • pay expenses of
  • pay for
  • pay heed
  • peek
  • peep
  • peer
  • perceive
  • perform
  • pick up
  • pick up on
  • pick up the check
  • pipe
  • police
  • preserve
  • preside over
  • promote
  • prop
  • protect
  • provide for
  • pursue
  • put up money for
  • quarterback
  • raise
  • read
  • recognize
  • record
  • reflect
  • regard
  • ride herd on
  • ride shotgun for
  • rubberneck
  • run
  • run the show
  • run things
  • safeguard
  • save
  • scan
  • scope
  • screen
  • scrutinize
  • secure
  • see
  • see after
  • see to
  • serve
  • set up
  • shadow
  • shelter
  • shepherd
  • shield
  • shotgun
  • sight
  • sit
  • sit on top of
  • skipper
  • sponsor
  • spot
  • spy
  • stake
  • stalk
  • stare
  • stiffen
  • stonewall
  • strengthen
  • string along
  • stroke
  • study
  • subsidize
  • succor
  • superintend
  • supervise
  • support
  • surveil
  • survey
  • sustain
  • tag
  • take a gander
  • take after
  • take as an example
  • take care of
  • take charge of
  • take in
  • take notice
  • take pains
  • take under wing
  • tend
  • track
  • trail
  • treat
  • underwrite
  • uphold
  • vaccinate
  • view
  • wait
  • wait on
  • watch
  • watch out for
  • watch over
  • witness

economize

  • be frugal
  • be prudent
  • be sparing
  • conserve
  • cut back
  • cut corners
  • cut down
  • hoard
  • husband
  • keep within means
  • lay up
  • maintain
  • make ends meet
  • manage
  • meet a budget
  • pinch
  • pinch pennies
  • preserve
  • retrench
  • run tight ship
  • save
  • scrape
  • scrimp
  • shepherd
  • skimp
  • spare
  • stint
  • stretch a dollar

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