Keep and Lighten

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sentence examples collocations

Keep

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
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Antonyms for Keep
Lighten is an antonym for keep.
Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Lighten

Lighten verb - To become glad or hopeful.
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Synonyms for Lighten
Antonyms for Lighten
Keep is an antonym for lighten in load topic.
Nearby Words: light, lightly, lightness, lighter, lightening
Similar words of keep

Similar words of lighten

Common collocations

people keep people lighten people
game keep game lighten game
hair keep hair lighten hair
ship keep ship lighten ship
Other words: humans.

Both words in one sentence

  • Everything's Better with Penguins Pen-Pen in Neon Genesis Evangelion is officially an experiment from Misato's old job, which she rescued from the labs to keep him as a pet and as a sort-of cure for her loneliness, but he's really just there to lighten the mood.
    Source: Everything's Better with Penguins
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Lighten and Keep. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/lighten
Keep & Lighten. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/lighten>.
Lighten or Keep. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/lighten.

Antonyms for keep


Antonyms for lighten

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