Exact Match:
- maintain
- state or assert; "He maintained his innocence"
Synonyms:
- abide,
- accommodate,
- account as,
- advocate,
- affirm,
- afford,
- afford support,
- allege,
- allege in support,
- announce,
- annunciate,
- answer,
- argue,
- argue for,
- assert,
- assever,
- asseverate,
- assume,
- aver,
- avouch,
- avow,
- back,
- back up,
- be afraid,
- bear,
- bear out,
- bear up,
- bide,
- blow to,
- bolster,
- bolster up,
- bottle up,
- brace,
- brook no denial,
- buoy up,
- buttress,
- care for,
- carry,
- carry on,
- champion,
- claim,
- clothe,
- conceive,
- conserve,
- consider,
- contend,
- contend for,
- continue,
- continue to be,
- contribute,
- copyright,
- cork up,
- correct,
- counter,
- cradle,
- crutch,
- cultivate,
- cushion,
- daresay,
- declare,
- deem,
- defeat time,
- defend,
- defy time,
- donate,
- dwell,
- emphasize,
- endow,
- endure,
- enunciate,
- espouse,
- esteem,
- estimate,
- exist,
- expect,
- express,
- extend,
- fancy,
- fight for,
- fill,
- fill up,
- finance,
- find,
- fund,
- furnish,
- give,
- give support,
- go on,
- go treat,
- guard,
- guess,
- have,
- have a hunch,
- have an idea,
- have an impression,
- have an inkling,
- have the idea,
- hold,
- hold as,
- hold in,
- hold on,
- hold out,
- hold up,
- husband,
- imagine,
- inhibit,
- insist,
- insist on,
- insist upon,
- invest,
- issue a manifesto,
- judge,
- justify,
- keep,
- keep afloat,
- keep alive,
- keep going,
- keep in,
- keep intact,
- keep inviolate,
- keep on,
- keep safe,
- keep up,
- last,
- last long,
- last out,
- lay down,
- lend support,
- lengthen,
- live,
- live on,
- live through,
- lock in,
- look after,
- look upon as,
- mainstay,
- make a plea,
- make available,
- make provision for,
- manage,
- manifesto,
- not destroy,
- not endanger,
- not expend,
- not use up,
- not waste,
- nurture,
- opine,
- patent,
- pay the bill,
- perdure,
- perennate,
- perpetuate,
- persist,
- persist in,
- pillow,
- plead for,
- predicate,
- prepare,
- present,
- preserve,
- press,
- presume,
- prevail,
- proclaim,
- profess,
- prolong,
- pronounce,
- prop,
- prop up,
- protect,
- protest,
- protract,
- provide,
- provide for,
- put,
- put it,
- rebut,
- reckon,
- recruit,
- rectify,
- refute,
- regard,
- register,
- reinforce,
- remain,
- replenish,
- reply,
- repress,
- respond,
- retain,
- right,
- riposte,
- run,
- run on,
- save,
- save up,
- say,
- say in defense,
- set down,
- set down as,
- set up,
- shore,
- shore up,
- shoulder,
- spare,
- speak,
- speak for,
- speak out,
- speak up,
- speak up for,
- stand,
- stand by,
- stand drinks,
- stand for,
- stand on,
- stand to,
- stand treat,
- stand up for,
- state,
- stay,
- stay on,
- stick to,
- stick up for,
- stock,
- store,
- stress,
- submit,
- subsidize,
- subsist,
- subvention,
- subventionize,
- supply,
- support,
- suppose,
- suppress,
- surmise,
- survive,
- suspect,
- sustain,
- take,
- take care of,
- take for,
- take it,
- take no denial,
- tarry,
- testify,
- think,
- tide over,
- treat,
- treat to,
- trow,
- underbrace,
- undergird,
- underlie,
- underpin,
- underset,
- upbear,
- uphold,
- upkeep,
- urge,
- urge reasons for,
- view as,
- vindicate,
- vouchsafe,
- warrant,
- wear,
- wear well,
- ween,
- yield