Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "keeping" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Sabbath-keeping barkeeping beekeeping birdkeeping book keeping book-keeping fishkeeping gamekeeping greenkeeping groundskeeping homekeeping hotelkeeping housekeeping in keeping with innkeeping keep on keeping on keeping room keeping-room out of keeping with peacekeeping petkeeping rangekeeping record-keeping recordkeeping safe-keeping safekeeping saloonkeeping scorekeeping seakeeping shopkeeping stationkeeping stock-keeping unit storekeeping tavernkeeping time keeping time-keeping timekeeping watchkeeping wicket-keeping gloves wicketkeeping zookeeping

Inflected/Variant Forms

keep

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

abidance compliance conformation conformity duty obligation ownership possession responsibility

Type Of (IsA)

actively protecting conformity event lodging raising retaining user right

Related Terms

charge conformity harmony keep

Synonym Network

guardianship retention

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.