| Main Entry: | keep up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | maintain, sustain |
Synonyms: |
balance, compete, contend, continue, emulate, go on, hold on, keep pace, keep step, match, pace, persevere, preserve, rival, run with, vie |
Antonyms: |
let go, neglect |
| Main Entry: | continue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | persist, carry on |
Synonyms: |
abide, advance, carry forward, draw out, endure, extend, forge ahead, get on with it, go on, hang in, keep at, keep on, keep on truckin', keep the ball rolling, keep up, last, lengthen, linger, live on, loiter, maintain, make headway, move ahead, never cease, outlast, outlive, perdure, persevere, persist in, press on, progress, project, prolong, promote, pursue, push on, reach, remain, rest, ride, run on, stand, stay, stay on, stick at, stick to, survive, sustain, uphold |
Antonyms: |
cease, complete, desist, discontinue, end, finish, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | endure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bear hardship |
Synonyms: |
abide, accustom, allow, be patient with, bear the brunt, brave, brook, cope with, countenance, eat, encounter, experience, face, feel, go through, grin and bear it, hang in, keep up, know, live out, live through, meet with, never say die, permit, put up with, repress feelings, resign oneself, ride out, sit through, stand, stick, stick it out, stomach*, subject to, submit to, suffer, support, sustain, swallow*, take, take it, take patiently, tolerate, undergo, weather, withstand |
| Notes: | to endure means to put up with something or somebody unpleasant; to survive is to continue to live |
| Main Entry: | hang tough |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
Synonyms: |
be patient with, bear, bear the brunt, brave, cope with, face, go through, grin and bear it, gut it out, hang in, hang in there, keep up, live out, live through, meet with, never say die, put up with, ride out, sit through, stand, stick in there, stick it out, stomach*, suffer, swallow*, take, take it, tough it out, weather, withstand |
| Main Entry: | perpetuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep going |
Synonyms: |
bolster, conserve, continue, eternalize, eternize, immortalize, keep, keep alive, keep in existence, keep up, maintain, preserve, secure, support, sustain |
Antonyms: |
cease, halt, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | persist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry on, carry through |
Synonyms: |
abide, be resolute, be stubborn, continue, endure, follow through, follow up*, go all the way, go on, go the limit, grind, hold on, insist, keep up, last, leave no stone unturned, linger, obtain, perdure, perseverate, persevere, prevail, pursue, recur, remain, repeat, see through, stick it out, stick to guns, strive, tough it out |
Antonyms: |
cease, give up, leave, quit, stop |
| Main Entry: | preserve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care for, maintain; continue |
Synonyms: |
bottle, can, conserve, cure, defend, evaporate, freeze, guard, keep, keep up, mothball, mummify, perpetuate, pickle, process, protect, put up, refrigerate, retain, safeguard, save, season, secure, shelter, shield, store, sustain, uphold |
Antonyms: |
destroy, hurt, ruin |
| Main Entry: | resume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin again |
Synonyms: |
assume again, carry on, come back, continue, go on, go on with, keep on, keep up, occupy again, pick up, proceed, reassume, recapitulate, recommence, recoup, regain, reinstitute, reoccupy, reopen, repossess, restart, retake, return to, take back, take up |
Antonyms: |
finish, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | save |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guard, protect |
Synonyms: |
conserve, defend, keep safe, keep up, look after, maintain, preserve, safeguard, screen, shield, sustain, take care of |
Antonyms: |
endanger, leave open, make vulnerable |
| Main Entry: | support |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold up |
Synonyms: |
base, be a foundation for, bear, bed, bolster, bottom, brace, buttress, carry, cradle, crutch, embed, found, ground, hold, keep from falling, keep up, mainstay, poise, prop, reinforce, shore, shore up, shoulder, stand, stay, strut, sustain, undergird, upbear, uphold |
Antonyms: |
let down, let go, release |