keeping

The word “keeping” has 2 syllables: keep-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈkiːpɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for keeping?

In the thesaurus, “keeping” has 41 synonyms and 30 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for keeping

  • adherence
  • care
  • celebrating
  • commemorating
  • completing
  • compliance
  • condition
  • conducting
  • conformity
  • containing
  • controlling
  • curbing
  • custody
  • defending
  • enjoyment
  • fulfilling
  • governing
  • guarding
  • handling
  • hands
  • health
  • holding
  • maintaining
  • managing
  • measuring
  • observation
  • operating
  • overseeing
  • preserving
  • protecting
  • regulating
  • restraining
  • retaining
  • running
  • safeguarding
  • satisfying
  • saving
  • shape
  • storing
  • supervising
  • supporting

Antonyms for keeping

  • abandoning
  • assailing
  • assaulting
  • attacking
  • breach
  • breaching
  • breaking
  • contravention
  • contributing
  • disorder
  • dispossession
  • disregard
  • dropping
  • forgetting
  • giving
  • giving up
  • ignoring
  • infraction
  • infringement
  • losing
  • nonpossession
  • releasing
  • relinquishing
  • relinquishment
  • surrendering
  • transgression
  • trespass
  • violating
  • violation
  • yielding

Meanings of keeping

  • verb
    1. To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
    2. (heading) To hold the status of something.
    3. (heading) To hold or be held in a state.
    4. To wait for, keep watch for.
    5. To act as wicket-keeper.
    6. To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
    7. To be in session; to take place.
    8. To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
    9. (by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
    10. To observe or celebrate (a holiday).
  • noun
    1. Conformity or harmony.
    2. Charge or care.
    3. Maintenance; support; provision; feed.

Example Sentences

  • She's always busy keeping her workspace organized and tidy.
  • The dedicated gardener spends hours each day keeping the plants healthy.
  • The hiker values solitude, often keeping to the quiet trails away from the crowds.
  • The chef emphasizes the importance of keeping ingredients fresh for the best flavors.
  • The teacher commended the student for consistently keeping up with assignments and deadlines.

On this page you'll find 71 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to keeping, such as: abandoning, adherence, assailing, assaulting, attacking, breach, breaching.

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

Related Words

abiding by

daily dozen

  • approach
  • custom
  • drill
  • groove
  • housekeeping
  • method
  • pattern
  • practice
  • procedure
  • regimen
  • routine
  • strategy
  • style
  • technique
  • treadmill

daily dozens

  • drills
  • grooves
  • housekeepings
  • locksteps
  • methods
  • patterns
  • practices
  • regimens
  • routines
  • ruts
  • techniques

falling in with

  • abiding by
  • accommodate
  • agreeing
  • associating
  • attune
  • bear
  • being friends with
  • bonding
  • bump into
  • coinciding
  • collaborating
  • come across
  • come upon
  • comply
  • concur
  • conform
  • conforming
  • confront
  • connecting
  • contact
  • cooperate
  • coordinate
  • corresponding
  • detect
  • discover
  • encounter
  • enlist
  • enter
  • experience
  • face
  • find
  • fit
  • follow
  • following
  • greet
  • harmonize
  • hooking up
  • identify
  • integrate
  • joining
  • keeping to
  • locate
  • meet
  • messing around
  • mixing
  • notice
  • obeying
  • reconcile
  • recover
  • relating
  • run into
  • running
  • see
  • side with
  • spot
  • strike
  • suffer
  • tailor
  • taking up with
  • traveling
  • travelling
  • turn up
  • uncover
  • unearth
  • yield

maintaining

  • allegation
  • alleging
  • arguing
  • asserting
  • assertion
  • belief
  • chronic
  • claim
  • claiming
  • conserving
  • contending
  • continuance
  • continuity
  • convincing
  • declaring
  • defending
  • discussion
  • durable
  • enduring
  • explanation
  • extension
  • hypothesis
  • idea
  • insisting
  • justifying
  • keeping
  • lasting
  • long-lasting
  • opinion
  • performing
  • perpetuation
  • plea
  • pleading
  • position
  • preservation
  • preserving
  • reasoning
  • running
  • supporting
  • thesis
  • upholding

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