What are the opposite words for to dispose of?

"To dispose of" refers to getting rid of something or getting it cleared away. The primary antonym of this phrase is "to acquire", which means to obtain or collect something. Other potential antonyms for "to dispose of" could be "to preserve" or "to save", which reference keeping an item or object in good condition, rather than disposing of it. Both these antonyms are useful for scenarios where one wants to keep an object for future use or to prevent wastage. Additionally, the word "to retain" can be used as an antonym for "to dispose of" and denotes holding on to something or preventing it from leaving.

What are the antonyms for To dispose of?

• Other relevant words:

• acquire
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• keep
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• retain
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Famous quotes with To dispose of

• We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it.

  Hans Urs von Balthasar
• If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children's mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean.

  Sitting Bull
• She regarded men as creatures made for women to dispose of.

  Henry Adams
• Can't-do guys do all right in Washington, perhaps because lobbying is the one thing that can't-do guys almost always can do, and magnificently. Detroit may not be able to dispose of exhaust very neatly, but it can build a beautiful lobbying machine for selling Government the story of its own inadequacy. What is it in the Washington air that restores the energies of these once dynamic American manufacturers? Something there is that brings out all the latent half-forgotten ingenuity that seems to have abandoned them back in the home plant.

  Russell Baker
• Time is a jewel more worth than a world. Time is not yours to dispose of as you please; it is a glorious talent that men must be accountable for as well as any other talent.

  Thomas Brooks (Puritan)

Synonyms:

scuttlebutt, scuttlebutt.