Words and phrases that have a meaning related to retaining:  (167 results)
Often used in the same context:
maintaining, preserving, securing, regaining, keeping, maximizing, attracting, reclaiming, recapturing, boosting, relinquishing, bolstering, restoring, wresting, acquiring, obtaining, enhancing, reestablishing, augmenting, ensuring, gaining, elevating, cultivating, removing, improving, solidifying, reducing, safeguarding, renewing, diluting, attaining, capturing, depriving, creating, guaranteeing, protecting, ceding, managing, establishing, reinvigorating, minimizing, losing, lowering, reinforcing, reviving, revitalizing, conserving, transferring, husbanding, reinstating, extracting, achieving, diminishing, sustaining, affording, instilling, conveying, providing, optimizing, rejuvenating, cementing, complementing, eliminating, entrenching, remunerating, demoting, jettisoning, shifting, infusing, usurping, luring, bringing, finding, strengthening, reasserting, balancing, forfeiting, pensioning, loosing, upholding, nurturing, assuring, reserving, allocating, adhering, staying, sidelining, replacing, lessening, controlling, increasing, retaking, enlarging, expanding, aligning, imparting, ousting, streamlining, delegating, giving, impressing, terminating, activated, annihilation, containing, cure, nullification, overcoming, starvation, subversion, abandonment, abdication, abrogation, actualization, adjunct, advan, advantage, advantages, advertiser, alienation, alternators, ameliorations, castellated, ceiling, clapboard, crenellated, curvilinear, ferroelectric, groove, honeycomb, honeycombed, insulating, keyhole, layered, multilayered, nacreous, prisonlike, protective, reticulated, semitransparent, shingle, shingled
Synonyms:
holding, retentive
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— Adjectives for retaining: self, sodium, pressure, practical, ink, temporary, potential, tongue, potassium

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