keep up

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of KEEP UP

to continue to operate or to meet one's needs <let's hope that old air conditioner keeps up through this heat wave>

Synonyms hold up, keep up, last, prevail, survive

Near Antonyms break, break down, collapse, conk (out), crash, cut out, die, expire, stall, stop; run down, wane

Antonyms fail, fizzle, give out, go out, peter (out), run out

to keep in good condition <kept the house up while the owners were gone>

Synonyms conserve, keep up, preserve, save

Related Words service; support, sustain; care (for), husband, manage; defend, guard, protect, safeguard, screen, shield; cure, fix, heal, remedy; mend, patch, rebuild, reconstruct, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, restore

Near Antonyms disregard, ignore, neglect; break, damage, destroy, harm, hurt, impair, injure, ruin, wreck

to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state <let's hope this beautiful weather keeps up for the rest of our vacation>

Synonyms abide, bide, endure, hold on, hold up, keep up, last, perdure, persist, remain, run on

Related Words linger, stay, stick around, tarry; carry through, prevail, survive

Near Antonyms abate, die (down), ebb, let up, moderate, subside, wane

Antonyms cease, close, conclude, desist, die, discontinue, end, expire, finish, lapse, leave off, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wind up

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