upkeep
nounHow many syllables in upkeep?
There are 2 syllables in the word upkeep.How to pronounce upkeep:
Definition of upkeep:
- upkeep (noun):
- the act or process of keeping something in good repair
- activity involved in maintaining something in good working order.
- the act of maintaining in good condition the state of being maintained in good condition
Synonyms for upkeep:
camera care
car care
care
conservation
fix
fixing
fixture
inspection and repair
keep
maintenance
mend
mending
overhaul
preservation
preserving
pump priming
repair
reparation
running
service
steam fitting
subsistence
support
sustainment
sustenance
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Antonyms for upkeep:
abolition
danger
destruction
endangerment
harm
hurt
ignorance
injury
neglect
negligence
ruin
spending
squandering
waste
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- ruffes
- rapping
- leering
- Laadan
- jabbing
- canter
- rarer
- nuanced
- adhered
- sweeten
- shopper
- curdle
- cheap-jack
- befall
- backbone
- deformed
- buzzer
- backbench
- arouse
- puer
- gazes
- speckling
- sniffling
- livid
- hardened
- claque
- hellish
- gyro
- warded
- townfolk
- prevails
- constrict
- aggrieve
- straggle
- perspire
- entered
- cocooned
- Aaban
- sunbathed
- nudest
- meantime
- Eady
- disprove
- crevice
- skirrets
- drapping
- upturn
- staircase
- shawty
- pasted
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