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Synonyms for RETAIN
rɪˈteɪnre·tain

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. retainverb

    Synonyms:
    keep

  2. retainverb

    To keep in possession or use.

    Synonyms:
    keep

  3. retainverb

    To keep in one's pay or service.

    Synonyms:
    keep

  4. retainverb

    To employ by paying a retainer.

    Synonyms:
    keep

  5. retainverb

    To hold secure.

    Synonyms:
    keep

English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. retain

    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, carry on, celebrate, conduct, defend, detain, fulfil, guard, hold, keep, maintain, obey, observe, preserve, protect, refrain, restrain, 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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 2 votes

  1. retain

    Synonyms:
    keep, hold, restrain

    Antonyms:
    abandon, forfeit, surrender

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. retainverb

    hold back within

    "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"; "the dam retains the water"

    Synonyms:
    keep on, continue, keep back, hold back, hold, keep

  2. retain, continue, keep, keep onverb

    allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature

    "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"

    Synonyms:
    go along, keep on, celebrate, remain, stay on, go on, stay, carry on, keep, cover, hold back, save, hold, hold on, persist in, go forward, prevent, retain, keep open, uphold, extend, keep back, proceed, maintain, hold open, restrain, observe, bear on, preserve, sustain, continue, stay fresh

  3. retain, hold, keep back, hold backverb

    secure and keep for possible future use or application

    "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"

    Synonyms:
    accommodate, wait, book, retain, withhold, moderate, view as, support, apply, hold back, harbour, defend, take hold, bind, deem, hold up, continue, hold off, take, have, concord, check, make, admit, go for, take for, throw, defy, control, turn back, harbor, keep, obligate, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, forbear, nurse, oblige, curb, hold, conceal, confine, have got, arrest, restrain, withstand, agree, hold in, halt, contain, keep on, concur, maintain, guard, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, obtain, declare, stop, bear

  4. retainverb

    keep in one's mind

    "I cannot retain so much information"

    Synonyms:
    keep on, continue, keep back, hold back, hold, keep

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. retainverb

    Synonyms:
    hold, keep, reserve, detain, hug, keep back, keep in hand

  2. retainverb

    Synonyms:
    engage (by fee paid), hire

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. retainverb

    Synonyms:
    keep, hold, reserve

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How to use RETAIN in a sentence?

  1. The SEC letter:

    Particularly for retail investors, the NBBO continues to retain a great deal of value.

  2. Rick Esenberg:

    When you don't have the checks that normally exist at an in-person polling place, this is an effort to retain some valid security.

  3. Greg Valliere:

    The recent wage hikes -- from McDonald's to Bank of America -- were not necessarily because these companies have suddenly gone soft, it's because they need to retain labor and inoculate themselves from criticism from the populist left.

  4. Bryan McGrath:

    We would be operationally and strategically short-sighted not to retain unique amphibious capabilities within the Navy and Marine Corps team.

  5. Merrick Garland:

    The only way we can succeed and retain the trust of the American people is to adhere to the norms that have become part of the DNA of every Justice Department employee.


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