Keep
Reserve
Reserve verb - To continue to have in one's possession or power.
Usage example: I'm reserving the right to work by myself if you don't do your share of the project
Keep is a synonym for reserve in action topic. You can use "Keep" instead a verb "Reserve", if it concerns topics such as save, retain, put by.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| human | human keep | human reserve |
| good | good keep | good reserve |
| full | full keep | full reserve |
| regular | regular keep | regular reserve |
| Other adjectives: proper, small, massive, big, huge, inner, private, extra, remaining, unofficial. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Back from the Brink: At the start of the game, Invisible, Inc.'s headquarters is gone, every agent is dead or missing save for two, very few resources remain, and there's only days of reserve power to keep Incognita alive.
Source: Video Game / Invisible, Inc. -
Dragon Their Feet: For whatever reason, Visari chose to keep the bulk of his forces in reserve until after he was dead.
Source: Video Game / Killzone - Fortunately for the bad guys the heroes tend to keep 'Grandma' in reserve until the absolutely last moment because she can't be healed by magic either.
Source: Brought Down to Normal
Cite this Source
Reserve and Keep. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/reserve
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