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| Main Entry: | keep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold, maintain |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, cache, carry, conduct, conserve, control, deposit, detain, direct, enjoy, garner, grasp, grip, have, heap, hold back, manage, own, pile, place, possess, preserve, put, put up, reserve, retain, save, season, stack, stock, store, withhold, care for, deal in, trade in |
| Antonyms: | consume, disperse, give, hand over, release, give up, let go |
| Main Entry: | keep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tend; provide for |
| Synonyms: | administer, attend, board, carry on, command, conduct, continue, defend, direct, endure, feed, foster, guard, maintain, manage, mind, nourish, nurture, operate, ordain, protect, provision, run, safeguard, shelter, shield, subsidize, support, sustain, care for, look after, minister to, victual, watch over |
| Antonyms: | abandon, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | keep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent |
| Synonyms: | arrest, avert, block, check, constrain, control, curb, delay, detain, deter, hamper, hamstring, hinder, hold back, impede, inhibit, limit, obstruct, restrain, retard, shackle, stall, stop, withhold |
| Antonyms: | let go, let happen |
| Main Entry: | keep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commemorate; pay attention to |
| Synonyms: | bless, celebrate, consecrate, fulfill, hold, honor, laud, obey, observe, perform, praise, regard, respect, sanctify, solemnize, adhere to, comply with, ritualize |
| Antonyms: | dishonor, ignore |
| Main Entry: | adhere |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conform to or follow rules exactly |
| Synonyms: | abide by, comply, follow, fulfill, heed, keep, maintain, mind, obey, observe, practice, respect, support, be attached, be constant, be devoted, be devoted to, be faithful, be loyal, be true, cleave to, stand by |
| Notes: | only things of a different nature can adhere; cohere is for things of the same kind that stick together and form a whole |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, not conform |
| Main Entry: | alimony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money paid in support of a former spouse |
| Synonyms: | keep, livelihood, living, maintenance, provision, subsistence, sustenance, upkeep, remittance |
| Main Entry: | board |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meal |
| Synonyms: | eats*, fare, food, keep*, mess, provisions, victuals, daily bread |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | can |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | preserve fruit, vegetable |
| Synonyms: | bottle, keep, put up |
| Main Entry: | carry on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage operations |
| Synonyms: | administer, conduct, direct, keep, operate, ordain, run, engage in |
| Antonyms: | mismanage |
| Main Entry: | castle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | magnificent home, often for royalty |
| Synonyms: | citadel, fastness, fort, fortification, fortress, hold, keep, manor, mansion, palace, peel, seat, stronghold, tower, villa, acropolis, alcazar, château, donjon, estate house, fasthold, safehold |
| Main Entry: | celebrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commemorate occasion, achievement |
| Synonyms: | beat the drum, bless, blow off steam, carouse, ceremonialize, commend, consecrate, dedicate, drink to, eulogize, exalt, extol, feast, fete, glorify, hallow, have a ball*, honor, jubilate, keep, kick up one's heels, laud, let loose, lionize, live it up, make merry, make whoopee, mark with a red letter, memorialize, observe, paint the town red, party*, perform, praise, proclaim, publicize, raise hell, rejoice, revel, revere, ritualize, signalize, solemnize |
| Antonyms: | disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small room, container |
| Synonyms: | alcove, apartment, booth, burrow, cage, cavity, chamber, cloister, closet, compartment, coop, crib, crypt, cubicle, den, dungeon, hold, hole, keep, lockup, nook, pen, receptacle, recess, retreat, stall, tower, vault, antechamber, bastille |
| Main Entry: | citadel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top, tower |
| Synonyms: | bastion, castle, fastness, fort, fortification, fortress, keep, manor, stronghold, blockhouse, redoubt |
| Main Entry: | clutch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grab, snatch |
| Synonyms: | catch, cherish, clasp, clench, clinch, collar, embrace, fasten, grapple, grasp, grip, harbor, hold, hook, keep, nab, nail*, seize, snag, snatch, take, cling to, glom, put the snare on |
| Antonyms: | unfasten, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | commemorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | honor, observe occasion |
| Synonyms: | admire, celebrate, immortalize, keep, monument, observe, perpetuate, remember, salute, solemnize, memorialize, monumentalize, pay tribute to |
| Antonyms: | dishonor, forget, neglect |
| Main Entry: | comply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abide by, follow agreement or instructions |
| Synonyms: | accede, accord, acquiesce, adhere to, agree to, cave in, come around, conform to, consent to, cry uncle*, defer, discharge, ditto*, don't make waves, don't rock the boat, fit in, fold, fulfill, give in, give out, give up, go along with, go with the flow, keep, knuckle to, knuckle under*, mind, obey, observe, perform, play ball*, play the game, put out, quit, respect, roll over and play dead, satisfy, shape up, stay in line, straighten up, submit, throw in towel, toss it in, yes one, yield |
| Antonyms: | decline, deny, disobey, oppose, rebuff, refuse, reject, resist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conduct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | administer |
| Synonyms: | accompany, attend, carry on*, chair, chaperon, control, convey, direct, engineer, escort, govern, guide, handle, head, keep, lead, manage, operate, ordain, order, organize, oversee, pilot, regulate, ride herd on*, rule, run, shepherd, steer, supervise, usher, call the tune, preside over, run things, trailblaze, wield baton |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose, limit |
| Synonyms: | bar, bind, bound, cage, circumscribe, constrain, cool, cramp, detain, enslave, fix, hinder, hold back, ice*, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, keep, put away, repress, restrain, restrict, shorten, shut up, cool down, delimit, hem in, hog-tie, put a lid on, put on ice, send up |
| Antonyms: | free, liberate, release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust, adapt |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, attune, be guided by, clean up act, comply, coordinate, don't make waves, don't rock the boat, fall in with, fit, follow, follow beaten path, follow the crowd, go by the book, go with the flow, harmonize, integrate, keep, make room, meet halfway, mind, move over, obey, observe, play the game, proportion, quadrate, reconcile, reconciliate, roll with punches, run with the pack, shape up, square, straighten up, suit, tailor, tailor-make, toe the line*, tune, yield |
| Antonyms: | differ, fight, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conserve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save, protect |
| Synonyms: | cut back, hoard, keep, maintain, nurse, preserve, safeguard, scrimp, skimp, squirrel away*, steward, support, sustain, cut down on, go easy on, sock away, squirrel, stash, store up, take care of, use sparingly |
| Antonyms: | destroy, neglect, spend, squander, use, waste |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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