Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Split
Split verb - To set or force apart.
How words are described
| full | full keep | full split |
| clear | clear keep | clear split |
| clean | clean keep | clean split |
| usual | usual keep | usual split |
| Other adjectives: perfect, complete, original, single, prominent, small, actual, massive, big, great, huge, black, dark, main, major. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Other Traveller products keep the Rebellion and ditch the Virus, or keep both (fans and players are similarly split; see Broken Base).
Source: Canon Discontinuity -
Edgar of Edgar & Ellen doesn't have a split personality, but he starts doing this in Split Ends to keep himself company.
Source: Talking to Themself - The eldest two were promoted to parents for the younger three, and have been working ever since then to keep the family off the radar of social services, who would split them up.
Source: Don't Split Us Up
Cite this Source
Split and Keep. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/split
Keep & Split. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/split>.
Split or Keep. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/split.
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