Synonyms for preserve
prɪˈzɜrvpre·serve

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1. preservenoun

   Synonyms:
   jam, marmalade, jelly

2. preservenoun

   To protect; to keep; to maintain the condition of.

   Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it - Yuri Gagarin (the first man in space)

   Synonyms:
   marmalade, jelly, jam

3. preservenoun

   a nature preserve

   Synonyms:
   jelly, jam, marmalade

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1. preserve

   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, 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.

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1. preserve

   Synonyms:
   defend, guard, save, keep safe, uphold, protect, maintain, rescue, spare

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1. preservenoun

   a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone

   "medicine is no longer a male preserve"

   Synonyms:
   preserves, conserve, conserves

2. preservenoun

   a reservation where animals are protected

   Synonyms:
   preserves, conserve, conserves

3. conserve, preserve, conserves, preservesverb

   fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

   Synonyms:
   preserves, conserve, conserves

4. 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, push, bear on, stay, conduct, bear upon, keep on, cover, have-to doe with, maintain, carry on

5. conserve, preserve, maintain, keep upverb

   keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction

   "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts"

   Synonyms:
   follow, asseverate, carry on, keep, conserve, economise, observe, economize, hold, husband, sustain, defend, assert, wield, uphold, maintain, keep up, keep abreast, exert, bear on, continue, save, prolong

6. save, preserveverb

   to keep up and reserve for personal or special use

   "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"

   Synonyms:
   save up, relieve, keep up, deliver, carry on, bring through, keep, spare, redeem, save, economize, economise, salve, salvage, carry through, uphold, pull through, lay aside, write, make unnecessary, maintain, hold open, conserve, continue, keep open, bear on

7. preserve, keepverb

   prevent (food) from rotting

   "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"

   Synonyms:
   go along, keep on, celebrate, hold open, stay fresh, go on, carry on, keep, conserve, hold back, hold, hold on, prevent, keep up, retain, keep open, uphold, keep back, proceed, maintain, restrain, observe, bear on, sustain, continue, save

8. keep, preserveverb

   maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger

   "May God keep you"

   Synonyms:
   go along, keep on, go on, carry on, uphold, restrain, hold back, observe, keep, save, hold, hold on, prevent, keep up, conserve, retain, bear on, keep back, sustain, maintain, keep open, celebrate, hold open, proceed, continue, stay fresh

9. preserveverb

   keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing

   "preserve the forest and the lakes"

   Synonyms:
   keep up, maintain, uphold, save, carry on, continue, bear on, keep, conserve

Matched Categories

1. • Keep
   • Reservation
   • Sphere

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1. annihilate

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1. preserveverb

   Synonyms:
   keep, guard, protect, defend, secure, shield, uphold, sustain, maintain, spare, save, watch over

2. preserveverb

   Synonyms:
   conserve, keep sound, save from decay

3. preservenoun

   Synonyms:
   sweetmeat, confection, comfit, conserve, JAM

4. preservenoun

   Synonyms:
   enclosure (for game)

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1. preservenoun

   Synonyms:
   compote

2. preserveverb

   Synonyms:
   conserve

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1. List of paraphrases for "preserve":

   preserving, maintain, retain, conserve, preservation, safeguard, keep, protect, maintaining, sustain, conservation, save, uphold, conserving, safeguarding, retaining, maintenance, preserver

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How to use preserve in a sentence?

1. Confucius:

   The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.

2. Sunjeev Bery:

   For too long, U.S. Presidents have given their Saudi allies a free pass as long as Saudi Arabia preserve their geopolitical alliance with the U.S., it’s high time for the U.S. government to stop looking the other way when it comes to human rights violations and make sure major allies like Saudi Arabia does not get a free pass when Saudi Arabia comes to treatment of people in their country.

3. Edmund Burke:

   But a good patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition, to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. Everything else is vulgar in the conception, perilous in the execution.

4. Marlene Stark:

   We just heard the Ring front door go off and went to check and saw the bears, our neighborhood is down the road from Black Bear Wilderness Preserve, so bears are common, and we have seen them in the neighborhood.

5. Aleksandar Vucic:

   We would like to preserve good relations with Russia as well (as pursue EU membership).