JACKING (UP) Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

jacking (up)

verb

present participle of jack (up)

as in hoisting

to lift with effort jack up the car so we can change that tire

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as in lifting

to move from a lower to a higher place or position local restaurants jacked up their prices for the summer tourist season

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Verb

For the second time this year, Yaxel Lendeborg finished a playoff run by hoisting a championship trophy.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 20 July 2026
Video released by the agency showed crews hoisting children from a house surrounded with water into a helicopter.

— Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026

Definition of hoisting

Verb

Fresh from lifting the FIFA Club World Cup and buoyed by optimism around Enzo Maresca’s project, the Blues stumbled to a disappointing 10th-place Premier League finish.

— Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Rising domestic yields are unnerving investors, while currency weakness is lifting dollar‑denominated debt‑servicing costs in real time.

— William Pesek, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of lifting

Verb

Niemann hit two drives off the property, chopped his way up the fairway and finally lost it by heaving his club.

— Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026
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

Definition of heaving

Verb

His abrupt decision to abandon plans to sell a stake in FIFA’s commercial rights to private equity marks a rare and significant political defeat, exposing the limits of his authority and raising new questions about his future leadership.

— Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Factory managers were often on the defensive, since raising vision problems could sound like a critique of their management.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 31 July 2026

Definition of raising

Verb

Indeed, so much so that there are suggestions that the people from better-off backgrounds are taking up many of the limited number of places.

— Roger Trapp, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Gen Z is taking up analog hobbies, ditching dating apps and spending real time at the mall again.

— Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026

Definition of taking up

Verb

Pinnock, in particular, is at his best here, showcasing a diabolical cruelty and terrifying manipulation, elevating the story and the show to a different level.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 31 July 2026
As a longtime hub for free arts education and festivals, the campus redesign seeks to better serve Watts residents and visitors while elevating the towers as a defining symbol of Los Angeles.

— Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

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