retained synonyms

retained

modif.

  1. Kept

    had, held, possessed, owned, enjoyed, secured, preserved, husbanded, saved, maintained, restrained, confined, curbed, detained, contained, received, admitted, included, withheld, held back, put away, treasured, sustained, remembered, kept in mind, commemorated; see also kept 2.

    Antonyms lost*, wasted*, refused. *

  2. Employed

    hired, engaged, contracted, promised, chosen, selected, given a position, taken on, secured, bespoken; see also employed.

    Antonyms unemployed*, disengaged*, let go.

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