Maintain crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 letters

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Answers shown here for “Maintain” are pulled from finished crosswords that matched the same clue wording, helping you work from what’s already been validated through use.

Suggested Answers:

  • ALLEGE
  • CONSERVE
  • UPHOLD
  • KEEPUP
  • CLAIM
  • CONTINUE
  • ARGUE
  • KEEP
  • PROPUP
  • HAVE
  • RETAIN
  • UPKEEP
  • INSIST
  • PRESERVE
  • PROFESS
  • HOLD
  • ASSERT
  • AVER
  • CONTEND
  • AVOW

Synonyms and Definitions

ALLEGE

  • Synonyms: aver, say

CONSERVE

  • Synonyms: economise, economize, husband, keep up, preserve, preserves

UPHOLD

  • Synonyms: bear on, carry on, continue

CLAIM

  • Synonyms: arrogate, call, exact, lay claim, take, title

CONTINUE

  • Synonyms: cover, extend, go along, go forward, go on, keep, keep on, persist in, proceed, remain, retain, stay, stay on, uphold

ARGUE

  • Synonyms: contend, debate, fence, indicate, reason

KEEP

  • Synonyms: bread and butter, celebrate, donjon, dungeon, hold, hold back, hold on, hold open, keep back, keep open, livelihood, living, observe, prevent, restrain, save, stay fresh, support, sustain, sustenance

HAVE

  • Synonyms: accept, bear, birth, cause, consume, deliver, experience, feature, get, give, give birth, have got, induce, ingest, let, make, own, possess, receive, rich person, stimulate, suffer, take in, throw, wealthy person

UPKEEP

  • Synonyms: care, maintenance, sustainment, sustentation

INSIST

  • Synonyms: assert, importune, take a firm stand

PRESERVE

  • Synonyms: conserve, conserves

PROFESS

  • Synonyms: concede, confess, pretend

HOLD

  • Synonyms: accommodate, adjudge, admit, agree, apply, appreciation, arrest, bind, book, cargo area, cargo deck, cargo hold, carry, check, clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, concord, concur, confine, contain, control, curb, custody, declare, deem, defend, defy, delay, detainment, detention, entertain, go for, grasp, grip, guard, halt, handgrip, handle, harbor, harbour, have, hold in, hold up, moderate, nurse, obligate, oblige, obtain, postponement, prevail, reserve, storage area, take for, take hold, time lag, view as, wait, withstand

ASSERT

  • Synonyms: affirm, asseverate, avow, insist, put forward, swan, swear, verify

AVER

  • Synonyms: allege

CONTEND

  • Synonyms: argue, compete, contest, cope, deal, fight, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage, postulate, repugn, struggle, vie

AVOW

  • Synonyms: avouch