💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hold onto"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| hang ontoverb | to keep |
| hold downverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To continue, to hold and to manage well; to keep; maintain; support. |
| retainverb | (transitive) Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop. |
| holdnoun | A grasp or grip. |
| keepverb | (transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain. |
| hold onverb | (idiomatic) Wait a short while. |
| get hold ofverb | (transitive) To contact (a person). |
| onholdnoun | (intransitive, rare) To hold on. |
| preserveverb | To protect; to keep from harm or injury. |
| continueverb | (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity). |
| take holdverb | (followed by of) To grasp, seize. |
| hold the fortverb | To assume or take responsibility, especially in another's absence. |
| manageverb | (transitive) To direct or be in charge of. |
| latch ontoverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To obtain, acquire or get and keep hold of something. |
| holdenoun | Archaic spelling of hold. [A grasp or grip.] |
| maintainverb | To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.). |
| hold in handverb | (transitive) To restrain. |
| handlenoun | The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved. |
| haveverb | (transitive) To possess, own. |
| hold oneself togetherverb | To maintain one's emotional composure; to keep it together. |
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