housekept

Cleaned the home

Housekept is the past tense of housekeep, meaning to maintain a household or perform domestic duties.

The word is uncommon, as people usually say kept house instead: She housekept for wealthy families for thirty years.

It also appears in technical contexts describing maintained systems or data: The server housekept old files automatically.

cleaning

swept

Cleaned with bristles

scrubbed · washed · vacuumed · sanitized · disinfected · spotless · sparkling · gleaming · freshness · spic-and-span

orderliness

tidied

Made neat

decluttered · uncluttered · shipshape · streamlined · sorted · systematized · coordinated · aligned · straightened · methodical

maintained

upkeep

Ongoing preservation effort

cared-for · managed · restored · refurbished · renovated · well-maintained · tended · attended · monitored · sustained

domesticity

homemaking

Managing domestic life

welcoming · hospitable · warm · lived-in · nurturing · familial · hearth · household · domestic

Opposites
domestic maintenance and care

housekeptneglected

Not given proper attention

abandoned · unkempt · uncared-for · untended · unmaintained

Family

housekeeper, housekeeping, housekeep, housekeepers

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G