Synonyms for Keeping
ˈki pɪŋkeep·ing

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1. keeping

   Synonyms:
   care, guardianship, maintenance, custody

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1. keepingnoun

   conformity or harmony

   "his behavior was not in keeping with the occasion"

   Synonyms:
   safekeeping, retention, guardianship, holding

2. guardianship, keeping, safekeepingnoun

   the responsibility of a guardian or keeper

   "he left his car in my keeping"

   Synonyms:
   charge, retention, keeping, guardianship, care, safekeeping, holding, tutelage

3. retention, keeping, holdingnoun

   the act of retaining something

   Synonyms:
   property, memory, retentiveness, keeping, guardianship, belongings, safekeeping, holding, retentivity, retention

Matched Categories

1. • Conformity
   • Possession

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1. consumingly

   when you keep you consume

   Submitted by anonymous on October 5, 2020  

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1. keepingnoun

   Synonyms:
   care, custody, charge, guardianship

2. keepingnoun

   Synonyms:
   support, maintenance, feed

3. keepingnoun

   Synonyms:
   harmony, conformity, congruity, consistency, agreement

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1. keepingnoun

   Synonyms:
   holding, restraint, custody, guard, guardianship, protection, tutelage, detention, retention, maintenance support, subsistence, board, conformity, congruity, harmony, consistency, correspondence, observance, celebration, commemoration, fulfillment

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1. List of paraphrases for "keeping":

   maintaining, maintain, keep, conservation, maintenance, retaining, bearing, preserving, retain, holding, sustaining, sustain

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How to use Keeping in a sentence?

1. Michael Bennet:

   I'm not here today to take a position or persuade any of our colleagues how to vote. I am keeping an open mind about this nomination and expect this week's hearing will shed light on Judge Gorsuch's judicial approach and views of the law.

2. Ian Hudson:

   Honestly, I think the armorer, as pressed as she was for time, was doing a fantastic job, i even overheard [director] Joel Souza praise her a couple of times for being as safe as she was and as consistent — and speedy, too, keeping up with the rushed schedule.

3. Federica Mogherini:

   Like China, our European priority is for the violence to stop in the east of Ukraine. Our efforts, as Europeans, are all focused on the full implementation of the Minsk agreements, and we are concretely contributing to that, at the same time, the European Union has developed a policy of sanctions towards Russia, but I could not stress enough in all my speeches that a sanctions policy is not in itself a policy - it's an instrument, a tool. And as such we are keeping that as long as the Mink agreement is not fully implemented.

4. Dan Klein:

   The administration has both announced policies that would reduce domestic oil demand over the long term, and asked OPEC to produce more oil in the short term, this shows how policymakers have to walk a fine line between keeping fossil fuel prices low and offering policy pathways on the energy transition.

5. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve:

   What has enabled France to break up a large number of terrorist networks is keeping these people under 'S file' surveillance, which allows intelligence services to work without these individuals being aware.