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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

hindrance

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

joyride

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

rear, upend
Near Antonyms of lift

descend, dip, fall, pitch, plunge, slip

bear, depress, press, push

sink, submerge
Antonyms of lift

drop, lower

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

surge, tower

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)

pick, rifle

poach, rustle, shoplift

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

mooch, sponge

abduct, kidnap, shanghai, spirit
Phrases Synonymous with lift

make away with, make off with, run off with, walk off with
Near Antonyms of lift

buy, purchase

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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