maintained

ADJECTIVE

helped

Synonyms

STRONG

abetted accompanied advised assisted backed befriended bolstered encouraged nursed relieved subsidized supported sustained

WEAK

taken care of

Antonyms

STRONG

discouraged

WEAK

harmed hindered impeded

ADJECTIVE

kept

Synonyms

STRONG

clutched guarded held reserved saved withheld

WEAK

at hand on file watched over

Antonyms

WEAK

abandoned broken dishonored forgotten

ADJECTIVE

operated

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fulfilled managed negotiated regulated

STRONG

accomplished achieved administered contrived conveyed determined directed driven enforced executed finished governed guided handled manipulated moved ordered performed practiced promoted revolved run served superintended supervised sustained transacted transported turned used wielded worked

ADJECTIVE

retained

Synonyms

STRONGEST

received saved

STRONG

confined contained detained had held included owned possessed remembered reserved restrained secured sustained treasured withheld

WEAK

held-back

Antonyms

STRONG

extroverted lost outgoing

WEAK

disengaged let go refused unemployed wasted

ADJECTIVE

safe

Synonyms

STRONGEST

intact protected secure

STRONG

okay snug

WEAK

cherished free from danger guarded home free impervious impregnable in safety inviolable invulnerable out of danger out of harm's way preserved safe and sound safeguarded sheltered shielded sitting pretty tended unassailable undamaged under lock and key under one's wing unharmed unhurt uninjured unmolested unscathed unthreatened vindicated watched

Antonyms

STRONGEST

insecure unprotected

WEAK

dangerous exposed harmful incautious poisonous risky unguarded unsafe unthoughtful vulnerable

ADJECTIVE

saved

Synonyms

STRONGEST

freed released rescued

STRONG

conserved cured defended guarded healed preserved protected reclaimed regenerated safeguarded salvaged secure

WEAK

safe unthreatened

Antonyms

STRONG

insecure unprotected

WEAK

lost destroyed ruined spent squandered wasted

ADJECTIVE

upheld

Synonyms

STRONG

backed sustained

Antonyms

WEAK

unsupported

Example Sentences

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The group maintained its guidance for the year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

BofA Securities maintained a Neutral rating on the shares while raising the price target to $400 from $365, citing higher projections for the 2030 total addressable market for data-center systems.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Altus Property Group denied those claims and maintained the project would continue with other luxury brands as options.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

JD.com said its food-delivery business maintained healthy development in the first quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

To claim that there existed a substance with no measurable attributes was, he maintained, to turn physics into a fantastical story, like Don Quixote.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

maintained

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