Antonyms for carry oncar·ry on

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1. carry on

   Keep, signifying generally to have and retain in possession, is the terse, strong Saxon term for many acts which are more exactly discriminated by other words. We keep, observe, or celebrate a festival; we keep or hold a prisoner in custody; we keep or preserve silence, keep the peace, preserve order — preserve being the more formal word; we keep or maintain a horse, a servant, etc.; a man supports his family; we keep or obey a commandment; keep or fulfil a promise. In the expressions to keep a secret, keep one's own counsel, keep faith, or keep the faith, such words as preserve or maintain could not be substituted without loss. A person keeps a shop or store, conducts or carries on a business; he keeps or carries a certain line of goods; we may keep or restrain one from folly, crime, or violence; we keep from or refrain from evil, ourselves. Keep in the sense of guard or defend implies that the defense is effectual. Compare CELEBRATE; RESTRAIN.

   Synonyms:
   carry, celebrate, conduct, defend, detain, fulfil, guard, hold, keep, maintain, obey, observe, preserve, protect, refrain, restrain, retain, support, sustain, withhold

   Preposition:
   Keep in hand, in mind, in or within the house; from evil; out of mischief; keep to the subject; keep for a person, an occasion, etc.

Matched Categories

1. • Keep
   • Manage
   • Misbehave

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. conduct, carry on, dealverb

   direct the course of; manage or control

   "You cannot conduct business like this"

   Synonyms:
   convey, dish out, shell out, comport, apportion, plow, impart, lot, behave, act up, parcel out, deal out, guide, lead, continue, portion out, sell, consider, take, share, dispense, dole out, divvy up, deport, grapple, administer, channel, deal, uphold, trade, proceed, treat, contend, carry, address, go on, direct, allot, make out, mete out, preserve, bear on, acquit, distribute, handle, care, conduct, transmit, cover, cope, make do, get by, manage, look at, bear

2. continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserveverb

   keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

   "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"

   Synonyms:
   touch, stay on, retain, conserve, act up, pertain, come to, remain, continue, concern, impact, persist in, go forward, refer, extend, deal, uphold, keep, proceed, keep up, go along, affect, go on, save, relate, touch on, preserve, push, bear on, stay, conduct, bear upon, keep on, cover, have-to doe with, maintain

3. continue, go on, carry on, proceedverb

   continue talking

   "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"

   Synonyms:
   retain, pass on, act up, stay on, pass off, remain, continue, progress, persist in, go forward, advance, move, extend, fall out, come on, come about, come up, deal, uphold, keep, proceed, go along, go, happen, go on, occur, pass, move on, preserve, bear on, stay, conduct, keep on, cover, take place, hap, march on

4. act up, carry onverb

   misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way

   "The children acted up when they were not bored"

   Synonyms:
   deal, preserve, bear on, continue, act up, conduct, proceed, go on, uphold

How to use carry on in a sentence?

1. Josh Putnam:

   Is (keeping Trump from clinching) mathematically possible? Yes, it absolutely is, is it realistically possible? I think a lot of that's going to be determined by whether or not Trump wins Florida and Ohio. If he wins both of those, gosh, it's hard to see how Rubio and Kasich carry on.

2. Prime Minister David Cameron:

   Now, more than ever, we must come together and stand united and carry on with the way of life that we know and that we love, this match is going ahead.

3. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   When someone is crying and her heart is torn, be an angel of kindness and help her to carry on.

4. Ben Platt:

   It was definitely very ugly and scary but a wonderful reminder of why we’re telling this particular story and how special and powerful art and, particularly, theater can be, and it just made me feel extra, extra grateful to be the one that gets to tell this particular story and to carry on this legacy of Leo Frank.

5. Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko:

   Everyone who has an existing contract will carry on working.

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