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preserving

ADJECTIVE
frugal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
canny careful meticulous prudent stingy thrifty
WEAK
abstemious chary conserving discreet meager mingy parsimonious penny-pinching penny-wise provident saving scrimping sparing spartan tight tightwad unwasteful wary
Antonyms
STRONGEST
careless incautious spendthrift wasteful
WEAK
generous lavish spendthrifty uneconomical
ADJECTIVE
retaining
Synonyms
STRONG
accommodating arresting cherishing commemorating confining embracing employing engaging having hiring holding keeping owning possessing remembering reserving restraining saving securing seizing suppressing sustaining taking treasuring withholding working
WEAK
holding back
ADJECTIVE
saving
Synonyms
STRONG
compensating rescuing retaining
WEAK
reparatory
Antonyms
WEAK
wasting
ADJECTIVE
saving
Synonyms
STRONG
conservative preservative redeeming sparing
WEAK
careful chary economical provident prudent redemptory thrifty
Antonyms
WEAK
wasting
ADJECTIVE
thrifty
Synonyms
STRONGEST
frugal prudent stingy
WEAK
canny careful chary cheap chintzy close close-fisted conserving mean parsimonious penny-pinching provident saving scrimpy sparing steal tight unwasteful
Antonyms
STRONGEST
generous wasteful
WEAK
extravagant spendthrift uneconomical
NOUN
conservancy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
preservation protection
STRONG
management
WEAK
conserving protecting safeguarding
NOUN
conservation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
care conservancy control maintenance management protection supervision
STRONG
attention custody economy governing guardianship keeping safekeeping salvation saving stewardship storage supervising sustentation upkeep
WEAK
cherishing conserving directing guarding managing preserval protecting safeguarding
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ignorance neglect
STRONG
negligence
WEAK
destruction spending squandering waste
NOUN
continuation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
continuance continuity extension perpetuation preservation
STRONG
assiduity duration endurance furtherance increase line postscript production prolongation propagation protraction sequel succession supplement sustenance tenacity
WEAK
augmenting continuing enduring going on increasing maintaining perpetuating persisting producing prolonging protracting sustaining
Antonyms
STRONGEST
stoppage
WEAK
cessation end finish halt stop termination
NOUN
persistency
Synonyms
STRONG
assiduity continuance continuity continuum duration endurance extension furtherance increase line perpetuation persistence postscript preservation production prolongation propagation protraction sequel succession supplement sustenance tenacity
WEAK
augmenting continuing enduring going on increasing maintaining perpetuating persisting producing prolonging protracting sustaining
Antonyms
STRONG
curtailment decrease destruction end hindrance indifference ruin stoppage

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