The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word KEEP which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2021.
Retain crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| KEEP | 79 % | 4 |
| HOLD | 5 % | 4 |
| SAVE | 3 % | 4 |
| HOLDONTO | 3 % | 8 |
| OWN | 3 % | 3 |
| STET | 2 % | 4 |
| KEEPINMIND | 2 % | 10 |
| HANGONTO | 2 % | 8 |
| HAVE | 2 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Retain
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- keep
- keep on
- continue
- reserve
- hold back
- keep back
- hold
- engage
- retention
- keeps
- maintain
- sustain
Crossword Answer definitions
KEEP noun- The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
- The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
- The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge; notice.
- The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
- That which is kept in charge; a charge.
- A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
- To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
- (heading) To hold the status of something.
- (heading) To hold or be held in a state.
- To wait for, keep watch for.
- To act as wicket-keeper.
- To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
- To be in session; to take place.
- To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
- (by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
- To observe or celebrate (a holiday).
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result KEEP
- "__ on truckin'"
- Hang onto
- Subsistence
- Hang on to
- Steel family
- Don't give up
- Google alternative to Evernote
- Question, part 2
- What pack rats do
- Maintain
More clues leading to the result HOLD
- Countdown delay
- Stick fast
- Impose restraints on
- Phone button
- Confine
- Cargo compartment
- Telephone limbo
- Where cargo rides
- Ship's cargo area
- Nelson, for example
More clues leading to the result SAVE
- Conserve
- Except for
- Sale-ad word
- Computer command
- Redeem
- Goalie's goal
- Smart command to use when you've been working on a document for a while
- Solo success
- Except
- Squirrel away
More clues leading to the result HOLDONTO
More clues leading to the result OWN
- "A League of Their ____"
- "My __ Private Idaho"
- Have in hand
- Fess up
- Have title to
- __ up (confess)
- Hold the deed to
- "A League of Their __"
- Has the deed to
- Dominate, as it were
More clues leading to the result STET
- Dele's superceder
- "Let it stand," to an editor
- Editor's mark
- Galley mark
- Galley marking
- Margin marking
- Marginal notation
- "Leave it in," editorially
- "Leave this in"
- Cancel a dele