keeper

Meaning

1. One who keeps (retains) something.
2. One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
3. A fruit or vegetable that keeps (remains good) for some time without spoiling.
4. (informal) A person or thing worth keeping.
5. A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
6. The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket; a goalkeeper or wicketkeeper.
7. At Eton College, a student who is the captain of a sport or an activity such as drama.
8. A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
9. A thin, flexible tress or tongue of material (e.g. leather) at the end of a crop opposite the handle, which is broad enough to prevent the horse's skin from being marked as it might be by a whip.
10. An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
11. Synonym of armature (“piece of metal connecting the poles of a magnet to preserve its strength by forming a circuit”).

Synonyms

guardian

custodian

guard

💂

protector

caretaker

goalkeeper

watchman

supervisor

warden

watcher

preserver

nurse

overseer

administrator

steward

superintendent

tender

gamekeeper

ward

minder

attendant

owner of

sentinel

curator

inspector

holder

jailer

jailor

janitor

keeping

locations

looker

look out

maintainer

manager

manciple

master

observer

owner

paladin

paramedic

patroller

petiole

picket

protect

protecting

retainer

retread

scout

screener

Translations

gardien

💂

guardián

portiere

custode

conservateur

guardiano

guardião

Torwart

doelman

portero

φύλακας

custodio

portier

bewaarder

Wärter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkiːpə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: kepere

In summary

From Middle English kepere, equivalent to keep + -er.