HOISTING Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

hoisting

verb

present participle of hoist

as in heaving

to lift with effort dockworkers hoisted all 164 barrels of molasses out of the ship's hold when it arrived in port

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as in lifting

to move from a lower to a higher place or position hoisted the flag on the flagpole

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as in sipping

to swallow in liquid form I have time to hoist a couple beers before heading home

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Recent Examples of hoisting Now the Hurricanes are on top of the NHL again, 20 years later, with Brind’Amour once more front and center hoisting the Stanley Cup. —

James Mirtle, New York Times, 17 June 2026 The videos show two men hoisting her above their heads and tossing her over the side of a bridge while a third man looks on. —

Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 15 June 2026 Following the Game 4 collapse from San Antonio, many guaranteed that the series was already over, and those people were proven right on Saturday night with the Knicks ending a 53-year drought and hoisting the Larry O'Brien Trophy. —

Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026 None of this—erasing a 29-point deficit, these Knicks being one game away from hoisting the Larry O’Brien trophy—was supposed to happen. —

Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026 But the Rams are not hoisting the Lombardi Trophy just yet, Lake said. —

Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026 To put that scale into perspective, the crane’s lifting capacity is roughly equivalent to hoisting 200 compact cars to the height of an 80-story building. —

Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 June 2026 Oftentimes, to King’s chagrin, Bulls guards would fail to do so, hoisting up three-point shots instead. —

The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026 Olympia could be seen hoisting her younger sister up in her arms and giving her a big squeeze as Adira put her hands on her big sister’s cheeks. —

Lara Walsh, InStyle, 9 June 2026

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The 1926 storm was more like a steamroller, heaving its hurricane strength winds across 135 miles, from the Keys to West Palm Beach, for nearly 18 hours.

— Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
At the Australian Open, the grounds were heaving and there were lengthy lines to get into smaller courts and for food and drink outlets.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 23 May 2026