keep open

1. 1.

   retain rights to

   “keep my job for me while I give birth”

   “keep my seat, please”

   “keep open the possibility of a merger”

   Synonymshold openkeepsave

   Broaderreserve

Questions about keep open

What does keep open mean?

keep open means "retain rights to".

What is another word for keep open?

Close synonyms include hold open, keep, save. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is keep open a common word?

keep open is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.