Word Meanings - MAINTAIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

by the hand; main hand + F. tenir to hold . See 1. To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace;

Additional info about word: MAINTAIN

by the hand; main hand + F. tenir to hold . See 1. To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation. 2. To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish. God values . . . every one as he maintains his post. Grew. 3. To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail. Maintain talk with the duke. Shak. 4. To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed. Glad, by his labor, to maintain his life. Stirling. What maintains one vice would bring up two children. Franklin. 5. To affirm; to support or defend by argument. It is hard to maintain the truth, but much harder to be maintained by it. South. Syn. -- To assert; vindicate; allege. See Assert.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MAINTAIN)

• Affirm
• Assert
• swear
• testify
• tell
• aver
• propound
• asseverate
• depose
• state
• declare
• endorse
• maintain
• Allege
• Declare
• affirm
• assert
• plead
• cite
• quote
• assign
• advance
• say
• Asseverate
• pronounce
• statement
• avow
• avouch
• allege
• protest
• claim
• Bear
• Carry
• lift
• transport
• convey
• uphold
• suffer
• undergo
• support
• tolerate
• waft
• yield
• sustain
• hold
• harbor
• entertain
• fill
• enact
• endure
• admit
• produce
• generate
• Claim Demand
• ask
• require
• insist
• pretense
• right
• privilege
• title
• request

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of MAINTAIN)

• Retard
• hinder
• withhold
• withdraw
• recall
• depress
• degrade
• suppress
• oppose
• retreat
• decrease
• Forego
• waive
• disclaim
• abjure
• disavow
• abandon
• concede
• surrender
• repudiate
• Eject
• expel
• discard
• discourage
• stifle
• exclude
• banish
• dismiss
• Suppress
• repress
• suppose
• imply
• deny
• contradict
• retract
• Drop
• betray
• discontinue
• weaken
• exhaust
• thwart
• discountenance
• disfavor
• subvert

Related words: (words related to MAINTAIN)

• RIGHT-RUNNING
  Straight; direct.
• TITLELESS
  Not having a title or name; without legitimate title. "A titleless tyrant." Chaucer.
• ASSIGNEE
  In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors. (more info) A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act,
• MAINTAIN
  by the hand; main hand + F. tenir to hold . See 1. To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace;
• DISMISSIVE
  Giving dismission.
• STATESMANLIKE
  Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
• SUSTAIN
  F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains
• DEMANDRESS
  A woman who demands.
• SUPPORTABLE
  Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
• IMPLY
  1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. "His head in curls implied." Chapman. 2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting. Where a mulicious act is
• ADMITTER
  One who admits.
• CONTRADICTABLE
  Capable of being contradicting.
• STATEHOOD
  The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
• STIFLED
  Stifling. The close and stifled study. Hawthorne.
• EJECTOR
  A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space. Ejector condenser , a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.
• ENDORSER
  See INDORSER
• SUPPORTATION
  Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon.
• TITLED
  Having or bearing a title.
• AVOUCHMENT
  The act of avouching; positive declaration. Milton.
• AFFIRMATIVELY
  In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively.
• DEJECTION
  1. A casting down; depression. Hallywell. 2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson. 3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. What besides,
• CREBRICOSTATE
  Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
• LONG-SUFFERANCE
  Forbearance to punish or resent.
• BRIGHT
  See I
• SAGEBRUSH STATE
  Nevada; -- a nickname.
• RECLAIMABLE
  That may be reclaimed.
• OLD LINE STATE
  Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line.
• ENSTATE
  See INSTATE