Word.ws English Dictionary

keep the faith

keep the faith is the alternative form of keep faith.

Meaning of keep faith

Verb

keep faith (third-person singular simple present keeps faith, present participle keeping faith, simple past and past participle kept faith)

  1. (intransitive) To retain one's faith.
    Synonyms:
    abide by, hold on, go to the wall for someone, stand by, stick by, stick with
  2. (transitive) To continue to have confidence in someone or something, and to support them or it.
    • It capped the perfect night for manager Southgate, who opted to restore Saka and keep faith with Foden, leaving out Marcus Rashford despite his two goals in the win over Wales.2022 December 4, Phil McNulty, “England 3-0 Senegal”, in BBC Sport
    Synonyms:
    stand by, stick by

Forms of keep the faith

third-person singular presentkeeps the faith
present participlekeeping the faith
past participlekept the faith
pastkept the faith

Questions about keep the faith

What is keep the faith the alternative form of?
Keep the faith is the alternative form of keep faith.

Words near keep the faith in the dictionary

  1. keep the baby
  2. keep the ball rolling
  3. keep the bones green
  4. keep the book
  5. keep the change
  6. keep the faith
  7. keep the field
  8. keep the flag flying
  9. keep the home fires burning
  10. keep the lights on
  11. keep the pace

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: keep the faith (page history and authors); keep faith (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “keep the faith.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/keep_the_faith. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.