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lift

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of lift

1 an act or instance of helping

the company's senior vice president gave his son a much-needed lift up the corporate ladder

Synonyms of lift

abetment, aid, assist, assistance, backing, boost, hand, help, helping hand, leg up, support

Words Related to lift

advancement, encouragement, facilitation, forwarding, furtherance, furthering, nurturance

benefaction, patronage, promotion, sponsorship

advice, care, counsel, guidance, mentoring

attendance, attention, hand-holding, service

beneficence, charity, favor, kindness, philanthropy

assuagement, palliation, relief, succor

Near Antonyms of lift

constraint, frustration, inhibition, interference, obstruction, repression, restraint

deterrence, discouragement

Antonyms of lift

2 a means of getting to a destination in a vehicle driven by another

I'll need a lift to work while my car is in the shop

Synonyms of lift

ride, transportation

Words Related to lift

drive, spin, turn

conveyance, passage, transit, transport

lift

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of lift

1 to move from a lower to a higher place or position

I needed help lifting the heavy globe back up to the top shelf

Synonyms of lift

boost, crane, elevate, heave, heft, heighten, hike, hoist, jack (up), perk (up), pick up, raise, take up, up, uphold, uplift, upraise

Words Related to lift

ascend, mount, rise

Near Antonyms of lift

descend, dip, fall, pitch, plunge, slip

bear, depress, press, push

Antonyms of lift

2 to move or extend upward

once the sun started to cut through the morning fog, the colorful hot-air balloons began to lift off from the field

Synonyms of lift

arise, ascend, aspire, climb, mount, rise, soar, thrust, up, uprear, uprise, upthrust, upturn

Words Related to lift

boost, elevate, raise, upheave, uplift, upraise

balloon, blast off, take off, zoom

crest, scale, surmount, top

cant, incline, lean, list, recline, slant, slope, tilt, tip

Near Antonyms of lift

dive, nose-dive, plummet, sink, slide

Antonyms of lift

decline, descend, dip, drop, fall (off), plunge

3 to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep

she turned her back for just a moment, and somebody lifted her purse

Synonyms of lift

appropriate, boost [slang], filch, heist, hook, misappropriate, nick [British slang], nip, pilfer, pinch, pocket, purloin, rip off, snitch, steal, swipe, thieve

Words Related to lift

burglarize, knock over, rob

loot, pillage, plunder, sack

carjack, hijack (also highjack)

poach, rustle, shoplift

collar, grab, grasp, nail, seize, snatch, take

abduct, kidnap, shanghai, spirit

Phrases Synonymous with lift

make away with, make off with, run off with, walk off with

Near Antonyms of lift

bestow, contribute, donate, give, hand over, present

Synonym Discussion of lift

lift, raise, rear, elevate, hoist, heave, boost mean to move from a lower to a higher place or position. lift usually implies exerting effort to overcome resistance of weight.

- lift the chair while I vacuum

raise carries a stronger implication of bringing up to the vertical or to a high position.

- scouts raising a flagpole

rear may add an element of suddenness to raise.

- suddenly reared itself up on its hind legs

elevate may replace lift or raise especially when exalting or enhancing is implied.

- elevated the taste of the public

hoist implies lifting something heavy especially by mechanical means.

- hoisted the cargo on board

heave implies lifting and throwing with great effort or strain.

- heaved the heavy crate inside

boost suggests assisting to climb or advance by a push.

- boosted his brother over the fence

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