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held - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: held
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: grasped
Synonyms: adhered, defended, guarded, occupied, retained, taken, believed, clutched, controlled, detained, gripped
Antonyms: freed, lost, released
Main Entry: hold
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: have in one's hands, possession; grasp
Synonyms: adhere, arrest, bind, bottle up, carry, catch, check, cherish, clasp, cleave, clench, clinch, cling, clutch, confine, contain, cradle, detain, embrace, enclose, enjoy, fondle, grip, handle, hang on, have, hug, imprison, keep, maintain, nourish, occupy, own, possess, press, restrain, retain, secure, seize, squeeze, stick, take, trammel, vise, wield, withhold, wring, cork up, freeze to, keep close, keep out, lock up, not let go, palm, put a lock on, stay put
Antonyms: drop, release, let go
Main Entry: hold
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: believe
Synonyms: assume, aver, bet bottom dollar, buy*, consider, credit, cross one's heart, deem, entertain, esteem, feel, have hunch, have sneaking suspicion, judge, lap up, lay money on, maintain, okay, presume, reckon, regard, sense, set store by, swear by, swear up and down, take as gospel truth, take stock in, think, view
Antonyms: abandon, disbelieve, forsake
Main Entry: hold
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: continue, endure
Synonyms: apply, exist, last, operate, persevere, persist, remain, resist, stay, wear, be in effect, be in force, be the case, be valid, have bearing, hold good, hold true, remain true, stand up, stay staunch
Antonyms: cease, desert, halt, quit, stop
Main Entry: hold
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: support
Synonyms: bear, bolster, brace, buttress, carry, lock, prop, shoulder, stay, sustain, take, uphold, shore up, underpin
Main Entry: hold
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: have a capacity for
Synonyms: accommodate, carry, comprise, contain, include, seat, take, be equipped for
Main Entry: hold
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: conduct meeting, function
Synonyms: assemble, call, carry on, celebrate, convene, have, officiate, preside, run, solemnize
Antonyms: cancel
Main Entry: absorbed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: being completely occupied mentally
Synonyms: engaged, engrossed, fascinated, fixed, gone*, head over heels*, held, immersed, intent, involved, lost, preoccupied, rapt, captivated, consumed, deep in thought, really into, up to here, wrapped up
Antonyms: bored, disinterested, distracted, indifferent, uninterested
Main Entry: confined
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: limited, enclosed
Synonyms: bedridden, bound, cramp, cramped, held, imprisoned, indisposed, jailed, restrained, restricted, sick, bedfast, bottled up, chilled, circumscribed, compassed, cooped up, detained, flattened out, grounded, hampered, hog-tied, iced, immured, in chains, in jail, incarcerated, incommodious, invalided, laid up, locked up, on ice, pent, sealed up, shut in
Antonyms: free, unlimited, liberated
Main Entry: obsessed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: consumed, driven about belief, desire
Synonyms: beset, bewitched, dogged*, engrossed, fiendish, haunted, held, hooked, infatuated, into*, possessed, preoccupied, prepossessed, seized, troubled, bedeviled, captivated, controlled, dominated, eat sleep and breathe, fixated, gripped, harassed, have on the brain, hung up on, immersed in, overpowered, plagued, really into, taken over, tied up, tormented, turned on, up to here in, wound up with, wrapped up in
Antonyms: indifferent, unconcerned
Main Entry: on
Part of Speech: adverb
Definition: in contact; ahead of
Synonyms: about, above, adjacent, against, approaching, at, beside, covering, forth, forward, held, near, next, onward, over, supported, touching, toward, upon, with, close to, leaning on, on top of, resting on, situated on
Antonyms: off
Main Entry: rapt
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: absorbed, fascinated
Synonyms: absent, absent-minded, abstracted, bewitched, blissful, busy, charmed, daydreaming, deep*, delighted, dreaming, ecstatic, employed, enamored, engaged, engrossed, happy, held, hung up*, hypnotized, immersed, inattentive, intent, involved, lost, oblivious, occupied, overwhelmed, preoccupied, rapturous, spellbound, taken, transported, unconscious, wrapped, beguiled, captivated, carried away, caught up in, enraptured, enthralled, entranced, gripped, ravished, wrapped up
Notes: rapt means deeply moved or wholly absorbed as in thought; wrapped means enclosed securely in a covering of paper or the like
Antonyms: disenchanted, repulsed, turned off
Main Entry: reputed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: believed
Synonyms: alleged, assumed, conjectural, considered, estimated, held, hypothetical, ostensible, putative, reported, rumored, said, seeming, supposed, thought, accounted, deemed, gossiped, reckoned, regarded, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, suppositive, suppository
Antonyms: actual, real, true
Main Entry: spellbound
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: enchanted, fascinated
Synonyms: agape, bewildered, bewitched, breathless, charmed, held, hooked, petrified, possessed, rapt, transported, amazed, bemused, captivated, caught up, enthralled, gripped, mesmerized, open-mouthed, transfixed, under a spell
Antonyms: disenchanted, disinterested
Main Entry: impounded
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: kept
Synonyms: held, seized, captured, confiscated
Main Entry: owned
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: possessed
Synonyms: bought, held, inherited, kept, retained, enjoyed, had, in hand, purchased
Main Entry: responsible
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: accountable, in charge
Synonyms: answerable, at fault, authoritative, bonded, bound, censurable, chargeable, culpable, engaged, executive, exposed, guilty, held, high, important, incumbent, liable, obligated, obliged, open, pledged, subject, tied, at the helm, bound to, carrying the load, compelled, constrained, contracted, decision-making, devolving on, duty-bound, fettered, hampered, in authority, in control, minding the store, on the hook, susceptive, sworn to, to blame, under contract, under obligation
Antonyms: excused, exempt, free, immune, irresponsible
Main Entry: retained
Part of Speech: adjective1
Definition: kept
Synonyms: confined, held, included, owned, possessed, received, remembered, reserved, restrained, saved, sustained, withheld, contained, detained, had, held back, maintained, secured, treasured
Antonyms: lost, refused, wasted
Main Entry: fast
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: fixed, immovable
Synonyms: adherent, ardent, close, constant, durable, faithful, fastened, firm, fortified, held, impregnable, indelible, inextricable, lasting, loyal, permanent, resistant, resolute, secure, set, sound, stable, staunch, steadfast, stuck, sure, tenacious, tight, true, unwavering, attached, constrained, glued, true blue, wedged
Antonyms: flexible, impermanent, insecure, loose, movable, unattached, unfixed
Main Entry: kept
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: retained
Synonyms: at hand, guarded, held, reserved, saved, withheld, clutched, maintained, on file, watched over
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