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preserving

ADJECTIVE

frugal

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canny careful meticulous prudent stingy thrifty

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abstemious chary conserving discreet meager mingy parsimonious penny-pinching penny-wise provident saving scrimping sparing spartan tight tightwad unwasteful wary

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careless incautious spendthrift wasteful

WEAK

generous lavish spendthrifty uneconomical

ADJECTIVE

retaining

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STRONG

accommodating arresting cherishing commemorating confining embracing employing engaging having hiring holding keeping owning possessing remembering reserving restraining saving securing seizing suppressing sustaining taking treasuring withholding working

WEAK

holding back

ADJECTIVE

saving

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STRONG

compensating rescuing retaining

WEAK

reparatory

Antonyms

WEAK

wasting

ADJECTIVE

saving

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STRONG

conservative preservative redeeming sparing

WEAK

careful chary economical provident prudent redemptory thrifty

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WEAK

wasting

ADJECTIVE

thrifty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

frugal prudent stingy

WEAK

canny careful chary cheap chintzy close close-fisted conserving mean parsimonious penny-pinching provident saving scrimpy sparing steal tight unwasteful

Antonyms

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generous wasteful

WEAK

extravagant spendthrift uneconomical

NOUN

conservancy

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STRONGEST

preservation protection

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management

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conserving protecting safeguarding

NOUN

conservation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

care conservancy control maintenance management protection supervision

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attention custody economy governing guardianship keeping safekeeping salvation saving stewardship storage supervising sustentation upkeep

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cherishing conserving directing guarding managing preserval protecting safeguarding

Antonyms

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ignorance neglect

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negligence

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destruction spending squandering waste

NOUN

continuation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

continuance continuity extension perpetuation preservation

STRONG

assiduity duration endurance furtherance increase line postscript production prolongation propagation protraction sequel succession supplement sustenance tenacity

WEAK

augmenting continuing enduring going on increasing maintaining perpetuating persisting producing prolonging protracting sustaining

Antonyms

STRONGEST

stoppage

WEAK

cessation end finish halt stop termination

NOUN

persistency

Synonyms

STRONG

assiduity continuance continuity continuum duration endurance extension furtherance increase line perpetuation persistence postscript preservation production prolongation propagation protraction sequel succession supplement sustenance tenacity

WEAK

augmenting continuing enduring going on increasing maintaining perpetuating persisting producing prolonging protracting sustaining

Antonyms

STRONG

curtailment decrease destruction end hindrance indifference ruin stoppage

Example Sentences

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"Charlie is about preserving the original values of the web," he added.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

In his speech Sunday, Powell called for preserving institutions despite the need for ongoing renewal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Your traditional IRAs would likely be taxable as ordinary income if/when inherited by your heirs, so taxable investments can be more tax-efficient from a legacy perspective than preserving IRA assets.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

But here, the court noted, preserving the former map would not “worsen” chaos or confusion; rather, it would “lessen it” by restoring “the well-established status quo.”

From Slate • May 26, 2026

Gale has no interest in preserving the lives of those in the Nut.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

preserving

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