Synonyms for retention
rɪˈtɛn ʃənre·ten·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.2 / 9 votes

1. retention, keeping, holdingnoun

   the act of retaining something

   Synonyms:
   property, memory, retentiveness, keeping, guardianship, belongings, safekeeping, holding, retentivity

2. memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivitynoun

   the power of retaining and recalling past experience

   "he had a good memory when he was younger"

   Synonyms:
   memory, computer memory, keeping, store, retentiveness, holding, retentivity, computer storage, memory board, storage, remembering

3. retentiveness, retentivity, retentionnoun

   the power of retaining liquid

   "moisture retentivity of soil"

   Synonyms:
   memory, keeping, retentivity, retentiveness, holding

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1. • Faculty
   • Impermeability
   • Possession

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. retentionnoun

   Synonyms:
   reservation, holding, keeping, retaining, detention

2. retentionnoun

   Synonyms:
   maintenance, preservation, conservation

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.5 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "retention":

   conservation, detent, withholding, retainage, retaining, hold, holddown, preservation, detention, maintenance, retain, awt, restraint, holding, maintaining, retainer, conserving, reservations, conserve, conservancy, mounting, storage, water-holding, sequestration, containment, loyalty, holds, maintain, fixation

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1. Nikita Shah:

   Patients willsay I started taking tamoxifen and I gained 40 pounds, but that’s probably a combination of hormonal and lifestyle changes they’re going through. Tamoxifen can cause some fluid retention, and it could maybe cause a 2- or 3-pound weight gain, but beyond that there are probably other things going on as well.

2. Eric Trump:

   Like millions of businesses around the globe, we have been forced by Government mandate to temporarily close our hospitality and leisure facilities, and are doing all that we can to retain and support our highly valued staff, the job retention plan created by the UK Government has nothing to do with the Trump Organization and does not benefit the business — it is solely about protecting people and their families who would otherwise be out of work. We are anxiously awaiting the day that we receive approval from the government to reopen our doors and look forward to getting back to business.

3. Michel Serres:

   Mining needs a revolution to avoid retention or employment issues, working with stone-age technologies is not sexy for technicians or engineers coming out of school.

4. Julia Pollak:

   There are all kinds of productivity benefits from using more full-time workers, it has huge retention benefits. Many companies realize [ one way ] their hiring problems are over is if their retention problems are fixed.

5. Stephanie Heath:

   At work, relationships are everything. Just having that space to make mistakes, knowing you can come to your team members and managers about anything, being able to make decisions faster -- all of that is going to affect the company's bottom line, retention rates and employee fulfillment.