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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