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Synonyms for keeping
ˈki pɪŋkeep·ing

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. keeping

    Synonyms:
    care, guardianship, maintenance, custody

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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, guardianship, care, safekeeping, holding, tutelage

  3. retention, keeping, holdingnoun

    the act of retaining something

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

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. consumingly

    when you keep you consume

    Submitted by anonymous on October 5, 2020  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  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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How to use keeping in a sentence?

  1. John McAdams:

    There’s a lot of keeping your mouth shut, students are subjected to a good bit of indoctrination.

  2. Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert:

    Both of us are gambling here, us on the makeup of the air wing, and Boeing on keeping the line going.

  3. Caitlyn Jenner:

    It went from there and it seems like it never stopped, the girls and Caitlyn Jenner have done just an amazing job with the show and keeping it going this long.

  4. Ramzi Kassem:

    After two decades without trial in U.S. custody, Mohammed will now receive the psychiatric care he has long needed in Saudi Arabia, with the support of his family, keeping him at Guantanamo, where he was tortured, and then repeatedly attempted suicide, would have been a likely death sentence.

  5. Kevin Van Trump:

    Corn bulls are keeping an eye on U.S. weather as many inside the trade start to worry about pockets of dry conditions in the southwest Plains and problems with too much rainfall and flooding in parts of the Delta.

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