keep on
continue, persist
Keep On
keep on
Verb
1. allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"
(synonym) retain, continue, keep, keep going
(hypernym) prolong, sustain, keep up
(verb-group) run on, keep going
keep on
continue, do it more We asked him to stop phoning us, but he kept on doing it.
keep on (doing something)
continue She is careless and keeps on making the same mistakes over and over.
keep on
Synonyms and related words:
abide, bide, carry on, cease not, continue, continue to be, defeat time, defy time, drag on, dwell, endure, exist, extend, go along, go on, hold, hold on, hold out, hold steady, jog on, keep, keep at, keep at it, keep busy, keep driving, keep going, keep moving, keep trying, keep up, last, last long, last out, linger, live, live on, live through, maintain, never cease, not accept compromise, peg away, perdure, perennate, persevere, persist, plug away, prevail, remain, run, run on, slog on, stagger on, stand, stay, stay on, subsist, survive, sustain, tarry, tide over, wear, wear well
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.