kept up

1. 1.

   kept in good condition

   Synonymsmaintainedwell-kept

   Similarpreserved

Questions about kept up

What does kept up mean?

kept up means "kept in good condition".

What is another word for kept up?

Close synonyms include maintained, well-kept. 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 kept up a common word?

kept up 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.