Synonyms & Antonyms : Maintain



Maintain



( Verb )


The improvement in his health is being maintained.

Synonyms:

Carry on

Conserve

Keep

Nurture

Retain

Uphold

Support

Claim

Contend

Justify

Vindicate

Perpetuate

Contextual Examples:

He was shouting and carrying on.

She had a lot of problems to contend with.

He claimed to have been abroad when the crime was committed.

I do wish you wouldn’t keep on interrupting me.

These measures will only perpetuate the hostility between the two groups.

We retained the paintings in original place when we decorated the room.

I consider that I have been completely vindicated.



Antonyms:

Abolish

Break off

Conclude

Drop

End

Give up

Relinquish

Abandon

Suspend

Terminate

Desert

Contextual Examples:

The fort had long been abandoned.

Death penalty should be abolished in all countries.

He broke off in the middle of the sentence.

The story concludes with the hero’s death.

They ended the play with a song.

I give up. Tell me what the answer is.




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