Synonyms of the word

maintain

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
• v. To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
• v. To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.

affirm

• v. To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
• v. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
• v. To support or encourage.
• v. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or…

assert

• n. (computer science) an assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is…
• v. To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
• v. To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
• v. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
• v. (computer science) To make true; to make equal to 1.

asseverate

• v. To declare earnestly, seriously, or positively; to affirm.

confirm

• v. To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
• v. (transitive, Christianity) To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
• v. To assure the accuracy of previous statements.

conserve

• n. Wilderness where human development is prohibited.
• n. A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.
• n. (obsolete) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered…
• n. (obsolete) A conservatory.
• v. (transitive) To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.
• v. (transitive) To protect an environment.
• v. (physics, chemistry, intransitive) To remain unchanged during a process.

defend

• v. (transitive, obsolete) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
• v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To prohibit, forbid.
• v. (transitive) To ward off attacks from; to fight to protect; to guard.
• v. (transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
• v. (transitive, law) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
• v. (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing…
• v. (sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did…
• v. (poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.

enter

• v. (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
• v. (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
• v. (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).
• v. (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
• v. (transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
• v. (intransitive, law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
• v. (law, intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect.
• v. (law) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
• v. (transitive, law) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in…
• v. to make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods),…
• v. (transitive, US, dated, historical) To file, or register with the land office, the required particulars…
• v. to deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To initiate; to introduce favourably.
• n. (computing) Alternative spelling of Enter (“the computer key”).
• n. (computing) Alternative spelling of Enter (“a stroke of the computer key”).

exert

• v. To put in vigorous action.
• v. To make use of, to apply, especially of something non-material.

have

• v. (transitive) To possess, own, hold.
• v. (transitive) To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
• v. (transitive) To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
• v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.
• v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) must.
• v. (transitive) To give birth to.
• v. (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with.
• v. (transitive) To accept as a romantic partner.
• v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
• v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
• v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is…
• v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
• v. Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion,…
• v. (Britain, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
• v. (Ireland) To be able to speak a language.
• v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
• v. To be afflicted with, to suffer from, to experience something negative.
• v. To trick, to deceive.
• v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow.
• v. (transitive) To host someone.

hold

• adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To contain or store.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
• v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
• v. To take place, to occur.
• v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
• v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
• n. A grasp or grip.
• n. A place where animals are held for safety.
• n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
• n. Something reserved or kept.
• n. Power over someone or something.
• n. The ability to persist.
• n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
• n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
• n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
• n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
• n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
• n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
• n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
• n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
• n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
• n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
• n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

insist

• v. (with on or upon or (that + ordinary verb form)) To hold up a claim emphatically.
• v. (sometimes with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)) To demand continually that something happen or be…
• v. (obsolete, chiefly geometry) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).

keep

• v. To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
• v. (heading, transitive) To hold the status of something.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.
• v. (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
• v. (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
• v. (transitive, dated) To confine oneself to; not to quit; to remain in.
• v. (transitive, dated, by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
• n. (obsolete) Care, notice.
• n. (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to, the…
• n. The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
• n. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
• n. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
• n. (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
• n. (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.

observe

• v. (transitive) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
• v. (transitive) To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion).
• v. (intransitive) To comment on something; to make an observation.

preserve

• n. A sweet spread made of any of a variety of berries.
• n. A reservation, a nature preserve.
• n. An activity with restricted access.
• v. To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
• v. To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare…
• v. To maintain throughout; to keep intact.

reassert

• v. assert again.

record

• n. An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
• n. Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making…
• n. A vinyl disc on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.
• n. (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
• n. The most extreme known value of some achievement, particularly in competitive events.
• v. (transitive) To make a record of information.
• v. (transitive) To make an audio or video recording of.
• v. (transitive, law) To give legal status to by making an official public record.
• v. (intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
• v. (intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To repeat; to practice.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To sing or repeat a tune.
• v. (obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.

sustain

• n. (music) A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
• v. (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
• v. (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
• v. (transitive) To encourage (something).
• v. (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate.
• v. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
• v. To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.

uphold

• v. To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
• v. To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
• v. To support by approval or encouragement.

wield

• v. (obsolete) To command, rule over; to possess or own.
• v. (obsolete) To control, to guide or manage.
• v. To handle with skill and ease, especially of a weapon or tool.
• v. To exercise (authority or influence) effectively.