Synonyms for Held:

adj.
• fast
- glued
- staunch
- true blue
• obsessed
- be set
- eat sleep and breathe
- have on the brain
- hung up on
- immersed in
- taken over
- up to here in
- wound up with
- wrapped in
- wrapped up in
- harassed
• possessed
- Claimed
- acquired
- owned
- possessed
• retained
- kept
• spellbound
- Open-mouthed
- caught up
- openmouthed
- under a spell
• absorbed
- in tent
- in-tent
- more captivated
- more consumed
- most captivated
- most consumed
- pre occupied
- pre-occupied
- really in to
• adhered
- more clung
- more hewed
- most clung
- most hewed
• confined
- crampest
- in commodious
- in disposed
- in-commodious
- in-disposed
- more bedfast
- more chilled
- more circumscribed
- more compassed
- more detained
- more grounded
- more hampered
- more hog tied
- more hog-tied
- more hogtied
- more iced
- more immured
- more incarcerated
- more invalided
- more pent
- most bedfast
- most chilled
- most circumscribed
- most compassed
- most detained
- most grounded
- most hampered
- most hog tied
- most hog-tied
- most hogtied
- most iced
- most immured
- most incarcerated
- most invalided
- most pent
- re strained
- re-strained
- sickest
• grasped
- controlled
- gripped
• impounded
- more captured
- more confiscated
- most captured
- most confiscated
• kept
- more clutched
- more maintained
- most clutched
- most maintained
- re served
- re-served
- with held
- with-held
• ppl
- held
• taken
- hired
v.
• believed
- Assented
- Deemed
- Judged
- Surmised
- accepted
- affirmed
- assumed
- concluded
- credited
- declared
- gathered
- gave faith
- given faith
- presumed
- professed
- put faith in
- supposed
- taken for granted
- took for granted
- trusted
- understood
• commanded
- Commanded
- Griped
- Managed
- Reigned
- Swayed
- charged
- coordinated
- disciplined
- dominated
- governed
- mastered
- ruled
• contained
- Accommodated
- Comprised
- Stowed
- contained
- enclosed
- included
- received
• enclosed
- Caged
- Encompassed
- corralled
- covered
- encircled
- enveloped
- fenced
- surrounded
- trapped
• gripped
- Clasped
- Embraced
- Grappled
- grasped
- seized
• possessed
- Had
- Monopolized
• retained
- Hindered
- Prevented
• stopped
- Ceased
- Froze
- Paused
- ended
- frozen
- halted
- stopped
- terminated
• withdrew
- Recanted
- Revoked
- Withdrew
- recalled
- retracted
- suppressed
- withdrawn
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Equivalence
- Adjective
  hold.
- Proper noun, singular
  hold, holds.
- Noun, singular or mass
  hold.
Reverse Entailment
- Noun, singular or mass
  withheld.
- Verb, past tense
  withheld.
- Verb, past participle
  withheld.
Independent
- Adjective
  celebrated, holding, liable, obliged, responsible, tenuous, canadian-owned.
- Proper noun, singular
  discuss, holding, possess, governors, sets, holdings, opens, TBS.
- Noun, plural
  holding, Facilities, Opportunities, Parties, games, Criteria, Conferences, Consultations, Hearings, Regulations, Resources, ministers, representatives, books, officials, plans, reports, outfits, suits, purposes, exchanges, procedures, issues, reviews, garments, events, results, obligations, members, elections, uniforms, opens, contributions, responsibilities, requirements, priorities, jumpsuits, behaviours.
- Noun, singular or mass
  holding, outfits.
- Adverb
  further.
- Verb, past tense
  accordance, acknowledged, acquired, addressed, adopted, advanced, advice, advised, affirmed, alleged, announced, applied, appreciated, apprehended, arranged, ascertained, assembled, asserted, assessment, assumed, assured, attached, backed, based, bore, branch, broke, built, calculated, called, celebrated, characterized, charged, clarified, classified, closed, collected, collective, combined, compensation, completed, comprehensive, concerned, concerning, concluded, conferred, confirmed, conserved, consider, consolidated, constituted, contained, contested, contracted, controlled, conveyed, convicted, cooperation, covered, declared, dedicated, demonstrated, deprived, derive, described, designed, determined, develop, developed, devoted, dialogue, directed, discovered, dominated, drew, driving, dropped, drove, effected, elected, emphasized, employed, encouraged, ended, endorsed, engaged, established, estimated, exchanged, exclusive, executed, existing, experienced, expressed, faced, failed, featured, fell, felt, figured, filled, fired, fixed, focus, focused, forced, formed, found, fulfilled, full, gathered, granted, halted, handed, handled, heard, hired, honoured, hood, identified, implemented, imposed, included, increase, increased, informed, initiated, intended, interpreted, invested, joined, just, keep, lay, learned, led, lent, liable, listed, loaded, lost, loved, made, manned, marked, master, measured, moderated, mount, mounted, moved, needed, noted, noticed, occupy, opened, orchestrated, ordered, packed, paid, peace, perceived, permitted, perspective, placed, played, plotted, pointed, possessed, power, practiced, practised, prepared, presented, processed, produced, pronounced, proposed, proved, provide, pulled, pursued, put, raised, ranked, read, realized, reasoned, received, recognised, recognized, recommended, registered, related, relation, repeated, reported, represented, requested, reserved, resolved, respected, responsible, restrained, revolved, rose, ruled, said, sat, saved, saw, sealed, secured, serviced, settled, shared, shouldered, signed, society, solved, sought, specified, spent, spoke, stabilized, staged, stated, statue, stay, steadied, stemmed, stopped, stops, stressed, struck, stuck, studied, suggested, supported, supporting, suspended, sustainability, sustained, taught, tested, thought, tied, total, treated, tribunal, tried, turned, understood, unfolded, uphold, used, utilized, vista, wanted, who, won, Accounted, Achieved, Acted, Activities, Adhered, Adjudicated, Aimed, Appeared, Applauded, Argued, Arose, Arrived, Asked, Assessed, Attacked, Attracted, Awarded, Was, Became, Began, Behaved, Believed, Came, Cared, Carried, Caused, Chaired, Chose, Cited, Claimed, Dealt, Deemed, Defended, Discussed, Displayed, Earmarked, Embarked, Enabled, Encompassed, Encountered, Enjoyed, Enshrined, Ensued, Entered, Enunciated, Envisaged, Erected, Erred, Escorted, Establishing, Examined, Exercised, Existed, Filed, Followed, Gave, Went, Got, Grabbed, Had, Happened, Helped, Incubated, Incurred, Indicated, Insisted, Instituted, Introduced, Investigated, Issued, Jeopardized, Judged, Lasted, Lauded, Launched, Lived, Loaned, Looked, Managed, Meant, Met, Mentioned, Negotiated, Obtained, Occupying, Occurred, Offered, Operated, Opportunities, Owning, Participated, Performed, Persisted, Ran, Ranged, Rated, Reached, Referred, Regarded, Relied, Remained, Remanded, Rendered, Responded, Resulted, Resumed, Returned, Saluted, Seemed, Served, Talked, Targeted, Told, Testified, Threw, Underwent, Undertook, Upheld, Urged, Viewed, Visited, Waged, Wore, Were, Which, Wished, Worked, Commanded, Commemorated, Commenced, Commended, Commented, Complied, Considering, Consisted, Contended, Contributed, Convoked, Created, Praised, Prevailed, Prevented, Proceeded, Promoted, Prompted, Prosecuted, Provided, Pushed, Stayed, Stood, started, Submitted, Suffered, Summoned, Supplied, Surveyed, Negotiations, Prices, Recommendations, Workshops, erupted, ministers, grasped, hailed, finalized, criticized, posts, courses, briefed, showed, ensured, allocated, replaced, elections, debates, courts, brokered, holders, positioned, shoulders, triggered, recalled, HIT, curated, spearheaded, reunited, sponsored, occured, 'd, secretaried, _.
- Verb, past participle
  abducted, accompanied, accomplished, acknowledged, acquired, acquitted, added, addressed, admitted, adopted, advanced, advised, affected, alleged, animated, announced, anticipated, applied, appointed, appreciated, apprehended, arranged, articulated, assembled, assembly, asserted, assigned, assisted, associated, assumed, assured, attached, attained, authorized, backed, balanced, based, blocked, booked, born, brake, broadcast, built, buried, cairo, calculated, called, cancelled, cast, categorized, centred, changed, characterised, characterized, charged, checked, chief, clarified, classified, closed, collected, collection, combined, come, compelled, completed, composed, conceived, concentrated, concerned, concluded, condemned, conditioned, confined, confirmed, confiscated, connected, conserved, consolidated, constrained, contained, contracted, controlled, converted, convicted, coordinated, covered, cultivated, cultured, declared, dedicated, deferred, defined, delayed, demonstrated, deprived, described, designated, designed, desired, destined, detailed, determined, developed, devoted, dictated, dimmed, directed, discovered, dismissed, disposed, distinguished, distracted, distributed, divided, documented, dominated, donated, drawn, dressed, driven, dropped, dumped, duration, effected, egypt, elaborated, elapsed, elected, embedded, embodied, emphasised, emphasized, employed, enclosed, encouraged, encumbered, ended, endorsed, enforced, engaged, entitled, entrenched, equipped, established, estimated, evidenced, exchanged, executed, expended, experienced, exposed, expressed, extended, faced, fed, felt, filled, fired, fixed, focused, focussed, forced, forecast, foreseen, forfeited, forged, formed, formulated, fostered, found, founded, frozen, fulfilled, gathered, geared, given, gone, governed, granted, grouped, guaranteed, guarded, guided, halted, handled, head, headed, heard, heated, hired, honored, honoured, identified, immunized, implemented, imposed, included, incorporated, increased, informed, inhabited, initiated, institutionalized, instructed, insured, integrated, intended, interpreted, interrupted, invested, invited, joined, jurisprudence, justice, kidnapped, known, learned, led, lifted, linked, listed, loaded, located, locked, lost, made, manned, manufactured, marked, mastered, measured, mediated, member, mixed, moderated, modified, motivated, mounted, moved, nairobi, needed, noted, noticed, obliged, opened, ordered, outlined, owed, packed, paid, perceived, permitted, pinned, placed, planted, played, pleased, pledged, pointed, populated, possessed, posted, postponed, practised, predicted, preferred, preoccupied, prepared, presented, pressed, presumed, processed, produced, professor, programme, projected, pronounced, proposed, proprietor, protected, published, pursued, put, qualified, raised, read, realised, realized, received, recognised, recognized, redeemed, reduced, referendum, reflected, registered, regulated, rejected, related, released, removed, repeated, reported, representative, represented, requested, reserved, resolved, respected, restrained, restricted, rooted, ruled, russia, said, sat, satisfied, saved, secured, seen, sent, separated, sequestered, serviced, settled, severed, shared, shouldered, shut, signed, situated, sought, specified, spent, split, spoken, spread, stabilized, stated, stocked, stopped, stranded, stressed, struck, stuck, studied, subscribed, suggested, suited, supported, supposed, suspended, sustained, sworn, tailored, taught, tested, thought, thrown, traded, trained, treated, tried, understood, unit, united, used, utilized, valued, verified, vested, wanted, warranted, withdrawn, witnessed, won, worn, written, Acceded, Accommodated, Accounted, Achieved, Acted, Activities, Adhered, Adjourned, Adjudicated, Administered, Advocated, Afforded, Aimed, Anchored, Argued, Arisen, Asked, Assessed, Attacked, Attracted, Attributed, Awarded, Been, Borne, Begun, Believed, Benefited, Bred, Cared, Carried, Caused, Chaired, Challenged, Championed, Cited, Claimed, D, Dealt, Debated, Deemed, Defended, Demanded, Denominated, Depended, Deployed, Deposited, Devised, Discussed, Displayed, Disseminated, Domiciled, Drafted, Earmarked, Embarked, Emitted, Enabled, Encountered, Engineered, Enjoined, Enjoyed, Enshrined, Entered, Examined, Excluded, Exempted, Exercised, Exerted, Filed, Flown, Followed, Forums, Generated, Gotten, Got, Greeted, Grounded, Had, Hampered, Happened, Harvested, Has, Helped, Hindered, Hoped, Housed, Impounded, Incubated, Incurred, Indicated, Insisted, Installed, Instituted, Introduced, Investigated, Invoked, Issued, Judged, Lasted, Launched, Learnt, Lived, Lodged, Looked, Managed, Manipulated, Mapped, Materialized, Meant, Met, Mentioned, Misled, Mobilized, Negotiated, Obtained, Occurred, Offered, Operated, Participated, Passed, Performed, Perpetrated, Piloted, Rated, Reached, Reared, Referred, Regarded, Remained, Remanded, Rendered, Resisted, Responded, Resulted, Returned, Sentenced, Served, Shown, Slated, Targeted, Tasked, Told, Transferred, Translated, Transported, Undergone, Underpinned, Upheld, Urged, Viewed, Visited, Voted, Waged, Waited, Waived, Wished, Withstood, Worked, Yielded, 15, 19, 21, 26, 41, Commanded, Commemorated, Commenced, Commended, Compared, Compiled, Complied, Constructed, Construed, Consulted, Contended, Contributed, Convoked, Counted, Created, Praised, Preceded, Prevented, Promoted, Prompted, Prosecuted, Provided, Pushed, Solemnized, Stayed, Stood, Subjected, started, Submitted, Succeeded, Summoned, Supplemented, Surveyed, Kim, Persons, Palestinians, Rights, erupted, ministers, grasped, accessed, hijacked, hailed, finalized, evaluated, programmed, tabled, accounts, documents, entrusted, stockpiled, circulated, ensured, safeguarded, committees, matches, allocated, replaced, elections, comments, brokered, positioned, mandated, triggered, reviewed, recalled, AM, HIT, rescheduled, interviewed, opted, curated, staffed, spearheaded, complemented, interned, downloaded, hospitalized, reunited, sponsored, reminded, monitored, reconvened, laid, mobilised, unfurled, hostage, offloaded, pm, co-sponsored, 2001, @, organizsed.
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  come, consider, stand, take.
- Verb, 3rd person singular present
  Carries, takes.
- Verb, base form
  accommodate, arrange, assume, celebrate, continue, deliver, discuss, fill, follow, fulfil, keep, oblige, occupy, play, proceed, stand, stick, take, uphold, Was, is.

What are the hypernyms for Held?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Other hypernyms:
contain, control, grasp, have, keep, possess.

What are the opposite words for held?

The antonyms for the word "held" can vary depending on the context. One antonym could be "released," which means to free or let go of something or someone that was being held. Another could be "dropped," which means to let go of something suddenly or carelessly. "Abandoned" could also be an antonym, which means to leave behind or give up something or someone that was being held onto. Additionally, "lost" could be an antonym, meaning something that was held onto but has now disappeared or cannot be found. Ultimately, the antonym for "held" depends on the specific situation and the action taken.

What are the antonyms for Held?

adj.
• altered
- co oked
- co-oked
- more adjusted
- more amended
- more cooked
- more redone
- more refitted
- more reshaped
- more retailored
- more transformed
- more turned
- more updated
- most adjusted
- most amended
- most cooked
- most redone
- most refitted
- most reshaped
- most retailored
- most transformed
- most turned
- most updated
- re done
- re fitted
- re formed
- re made
- re modeled
- re shaped
- re tailored
- re vised
- re-done
- re-fitted
- re-formed
- re-made
- re-modeled
- re-shaped
- re-tailored
- re-vised
- refitted
- reshaped
- retailored
- trans formed
- trans-formed
- transformed
- up dated
- up-dated
• changed
- altered
• cultivated, refined
- finished
• finished
- all around
- allaround
- come an end
- come end
- come to an end
- come to end
- dis charged
- dis patched
- dis-charged
- dis-patched
- done with
- in past
- in the past
- many sided
- more achieved
- more ceased
- more concluded
- more consummated
- more devastated
- more dispatched
- more effected
- more effectuated
- more elaborated
- more liquidated
- more resolved
- more shut
- most achieved
- most concluded
- most consummated
- most devastated
- most dispatched
- most effectuated
- most elaborated
- most liquidated
- most performed
- most resolved
- most shut
- most terminated
- over done
- played out
- re-solved
- sewn up
- un done
- un-done
- washed up
• grasped
- freed
- lost
- released
• restored
- Returned
• returned
- brought back
- ex-changed
- given back
- more reappeared
- more rebounded
- more recurred
- more reoccurred
- more restituted
- more reverberated
- more revolved
- most reappeared
- most rebounded
- most recurred
- most reoccurred
- most restituted
- most reverberated
- most revolved
- re appeared
- re bounded
- re curred
- re funded
- re occurred
- re paid
- re turned
- re-appeared
- re-bounded
- re-curred
- re-funded
- re-occurred
- re-paid
- re-turned

Usage examples for Held

She held out her hands and he took them.

"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"

Charles Weathers Bump

Anna said as she held out her hand to the farmer.

"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"

Alexander Irvine

But what is it and where is it held?

"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"

Pauline Lester

Famous quotes with Held

I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.

Sam Abell
Sometimes people who are Jewish are held to a higher standard which sometimes we take great pride in.

Gary Ackerman
It's just that if you're not disruptive everything seems to be repeated endlessly - not so much the good things but the bland things - the ordinary things - the weaker things get repeated- the stronger things get suppressed and held down and hidden.

Robert Adamson
Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm.

Aeschylus

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adj.

v.

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