keep pace

1. 1.

   maintain the same pace

   “The child cannot keep step with his big brother”

   Synonymskeep step

   Broaderkeep up

Questions about keep pace

What does keep pace mean?

keep pace means "maintain the same pace".

What is another word for keep pace?

Close synonyms include keep step. 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 pace a common word?

keep pace 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.