keeping

keeping is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Keep. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Keep
2. noun. A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
3. noun. Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping.
4. noun. Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other.
5. noun. Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping.
6. noun. the act of retaining something

   Synonyms: holding, retention

7. noun. the responsibility of a guardian or keeper

   "he left his car in my keeping"

   Synonyms: guardianship, safekeeping

8. noun. conformity or harmony

   "his behavior was not in keeping with the occasion"

Synonyms

holding, retention, guardianship, safekeeping

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in keeping:

peeking

Common word forms

keep, keepings

Words from these letters

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