Thesaurus / hold to
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synonyms for hold to
- compensate
- offset
- rehabilitate
- restore
- satisfy
- absolve
- acquit
- balance
- counterbalance
- counterpoise
- countervail
- defray
- discharge
- fulfill
- keep
- meet
- outweigh
- perform
- redress
- reinstate
- save
- abide by
- adhere to
- carry out
- keep the faith
- make amends
- make good
- make up for
- set off
- advocate
- confirm
- defend
- encourage
- endorse
- justify
- promote
- side with
- stand by
- vindicate
- aid
- assist
- back
- bolster
- boost
- brace
- buttress
- carry
- champion
- countenance
- elevate
- help
- hoist
- prop
- raise
- rear
- second
- sustain
- uplift
- upraise
- back up
- buoy up
- hold up one's end
- pick up
- shore up
- stick by
- stick up for
- take up
- upbear
- uprear
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antonyms for hold to
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- damage
- destroy
- hurt
- blame
- condemn
- convict
- fail
- hold
- let go
- miss
- neglect
- sentence
- abandon
- disregard
- forfeit
- ignore
- lose
- attack
- deny
- oppose
- protest
- abandon
- block
- decrease
- depress
- destroy
- discourage
- drop
- fall
- halt
- hinder
- hurt
- injure
- lessen
- lower
- neglect
- obstruct
- prevent
- stop
- undermine
- weaken
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use hold to in a sentence
Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEHe was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODEach day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONAll the operations of her brain related themselves somehow to to-morrow afternoon.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETT"Buy something for your wife that-is-to-be," he said to his grand-nephew, as he handed him the folded paper.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSSomething remote and ancient stirred in her, something that was not of herself To-day, something half primitive, half barbaric.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODOne adorable smile she gave him, and before he could advance to hold the door for her, she had opened it and passed out.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINITo-day I'm more dead than alive, as we had a lesson from him yesterday that lasted four hours.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYNot being sufficiently numerous to hold out the town as well as the Alamo, they retreated into the latter.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThey held the compound against repeated assaults, and lost several men in hand-to-hand fighting.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYWORDS RELATED TO HOLD TO
- advocate
- aid
- assist
- back
- back up
- bolster
- boost
- brace
- buoy up
- buttress
- carry
- champion
- confirm
- countenance
- defend
- elevate
- encourage
- endorse
- help
- hoist
- hold to
- hold up one's end
- justify
- pick up
- promote
- prop
- raise
- rear
- second
- shore up
- side with
- stand by
- stick by
- stick up for
- sustain
- take up
- upbear
- uplift
- upraise
- uprear
- vindicate
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.