maintain

Meaning

1. To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
2. To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.
3. To keep in good condition and working order.
4. (obsolete) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.

Concepts

maintain

keep

preserve

support

sustain

keep up

hold

conserve

continue

uphold

assert

retain

protect

contend

claim

defend

observe

persist

carry on

go on

save

last

allege

feed

proceed with

affirm

keep on

back up

prop up

nourish

back

store

bolster

have

endure

profess

patronize

hold up

safeguard

cherish

countenance

second

stand by

wear

renew

renovate

restore

care for

look after

take care of

declare

repair

argue

help

reserve

stabilize

asseverate

exert

wield

stick to

cache

espouse

press

prop

underpin

insist

promote

entertain

innovate

refurbish

care

nurse

treat

aver

state

adjust

plead

insure

secure

rear

remain

foster

shelter

support life

sponsor

advocate

champion

confirm

board

keep in good repair

stand up for

retention

administer

bring up

make out

purport

follow

grasp

buttress

lean

push

put

rest

standby

accelerate

advance

dwell

further

hasten

hurry

oppress

pinch

speed up

squash

squeeze

urge

hang onto

attend

cure

heal

remedy

tend to

announce

attest

avow

postulate

proclaim

pronounce

swear

service

keep going

ensure

guarantee

reservation

be durable

keep well

wear well

cultivate

continue to have

provide

persevere

persist in

live on

take care

be in

keep in good condition

shield

prolong for a while

remain unchanged

exist

aid

assist

support fight for

parent

prolong

provide sustenance

bear

carry

cement

give an incentive

encourage

practise

keep in good

assure

create

establish

found

install

set

stop

pickle

pretend

pretend to

befriend

predicate

shore

conservation

preservation

staticize

holdfast

holding

Valium

ballast

maintenance

make good

firmly believe

detain

live

make a living

conduct

manage

run

stickle

vindicate

ply

address

alcoholise

alcoholize

apply

drive

employ

exercise

exploit

ferment

go by

habituate

inject

operate

spend

take

turn on

use

work

assign

believe

conceive

consider

deliver

harbor

hold down

hold on

hold water

like

look on

love

make

regard as

repute

take place

tend

think

hold over

lay away

perpetuate

avouch

charge

watch over

adhere to

carry out

comply with

monitor

make an allegation

conservative

guard

watch

safekeeping

rescue

steady

tenure

abide by

stand to

stick

stick by

contain

resume

intend

Pronounced as (IPA)

/meɪnˈteɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English mayntenen, from Old French maintenir, from Late Latin manūteneō, manūtenēre (“I support”), from Latin manū (“with/in/by the hand”, ablative of manus) + tenēre (“to hold”).