Entertain and Hold

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Entertain

Entertain verb - To keep in one's mind or heart.

Usage example: I don't entertain the hope of ever getting a girl like that to go out with me

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Hold is a synonym for entertain in harbour topic. In some cases you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Entertain", when it comes to topics like opinion, consider, think about seriously.

Nearby Words: entertainment, entertaining, entertainer, entertainingly

Hold

Hold verb - To keep in one's mind or heart.

Usage example: still held her close to his heart, though they had long parted

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Entertain is a synonym for hold in opinion topic. You can use "Entertain" instead a verb "Hold", if it concerns topics such as believe, harbour.

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

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people	entertain people	hold people
time	entertain time	hold time
way	entertain way	hold way

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And this doesn't even touch on the vast amount of mangas, field guides and other companion books, which generally entertain diehard fans but hold little literary merit.

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Hold and Entertain. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/entertain/hold

Entertain & Hold. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/entertain/hold>.

Hold or Entertain. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/entertain/hold.

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