upkeep

Other forms of upkeep

plural

upkeeps·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about upkeep

What does upkeep mean?

upkeep means "activity involved in maintaining something in good working order". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in upkeep?

upkeep has 2 syllables: up-keep. The stress falls on "up". In IPA it is /ˈʌpˌkip/.

What is another word for upkeep?

Close synonyms include care, maintenance, sustenance, sustentation, sustainment. 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 upkeep a common word?

upkeep 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.

What rhymes with upkeep?

1 word rhymes with upkeep. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.