KEPT UP Synonyms: 151 Similar and Opposite Words

kept-up 1 of 2

adjective

as in maintained

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

kept up

2 of 2

verb

past tense of keep up

as in survived

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in preserved

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in remained

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 & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of kept-up

Verb

Although hiring of permanent faculty — those with tenure or on tenure-track — has not kept up with enrollment, the university’s total faculty hiring has matched student growth nearly perfectly. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026 The market has changed at warp speed, but our guardrails haven’t kept up. — Lindsay Owens, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026 That helped yields remain high in the bond market, which in turn kept up the pressure weighing on stocks and all financial markets. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 Spain kept up its pressure after halftime, playing some of its most creative soccer of the tournament. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 Want to be kept up with all things Survivor? — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026 In the battle for the Texas Senate seat, both Republican nominee Ken Paxton and Democratic nominee James Talarico kept up their attacks against each other. — Jack Fink, CBS News, 7 June 2026 Gasparino kept up the pressure, beating out an infield single to shortstop against pitcher Ethan Grimm. — Josh Gross, Daily News, 31 May 2026 From the first ride of the day to the final fireworks at Disney, these sneakers kept up. — Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kept-up

Verb

Mandell is survived by his two children and three grandchildren.

— Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
His sister, Andrea Clark, 35, told the New York Post on Tuesday that her brother had been in remission from cancer since 2015 and had survived a car fire just weeks before his death.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of survived

Verb

The initial concept for the solid-state transformer, which miniaturizes the magnetic core and surrounds it with power semiconductors, was patented in 1968 but largely remained a concept until the 2010s.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Pavel Dorofeyev, the team’s most notable trade acquisition over the summer, came close on several occasions but remained stuck on two goals for the season.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of remained

Verb

Javier Rezendez Rocha, who joined LADWP as an aide to electricians, was charged with 12 counts of felony vandalism in connection with the string of incidents that lasted from August 2025 to August 2026, according to a criminal complaint.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Her departure follows middling reviews for her debut press briefing Tuesday that lasted just 14 minutes.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of lasted

Verb

Why would a trait this useful, conserved for 3 billion years, vanish in a few thousand generations?

— Canan Karakoç, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026
Rome’s cultural superintendent, Claudio Parisi Presicce, said the grandeur of the port city as depicted in the fresco, with buildings, a theater and temple, public piazzas and towers, was particularly well conserved.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of conserved

Verb

Brand has continued posting on streaming and posting on his social media channels during the legal proceedings.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
Alderman maintains that each of the defendants have continued to lie to protect themselves and believes there is evidence of satanic worship.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of continued

Verb

Even if cooler heads had not quite prevailed by this point in the episode, the concluding plot twist would have forced matters in that direction.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
In 2016, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton won by 3 percentage points while then-President Barack Obama prevailed in Mahoning County in 2012 by 29 points.

— Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of prevailed

Browse Nearby Words

kept to

kept-up

kept up

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Kept-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kept-up. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of kept-up

adjective

verb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

compunction

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Can' vs. 'May'

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

Popular in Wordplay

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Did 'orange' the fruit or the color come first?

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Popular

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Games & Quizzes