Synonyms of lifting

lifting

verb

present participle of lift

1

as in raising

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 & Similar Words

• raising
• elevating
• hoisting
• uplifting
• heaving
• upholding
• boosting
• hiking
• heightening
• craning
• upping
• taking up
• hefting
• rising
• jacking (up)
• mounting
• ascending
• upraising
• picking up
• perking (up)
• rearing
• upending

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lowering
• falling
• dropping
• descending
• pushing
• slipping
• plunging
• dipping
• pressing
• bearing
• pitching
• sinking
• depressing
• submerging

2

as in rising

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 & Similar Words

• rising
• climbing
• ascending
• soaring
• upping
• mounting
• thrusting
• arising
• sloping
• uprising
• tilting
• upturning
• aspiring
• leaning
• upthrusting
• surging
• towering
• elevating
• uprearing
• raising
• uplifting
• inclining
• scaling
• boosting
• tipping
• zooming
• topping
• surmounting
• ballooning
• cresting
• reclining
• slanting
• upheaving
• taking off
• upraising
• blasting off
• listing
• canting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• descending
• falling (off)
• dropping
• declining
• plunging
• dipping
• sliding
• sinking
• diving
• plummeting
• nose-diving

3

as in stealing

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 & Similar Words

• stealing
• swiping
• grabbing
• snatching
• pinching
• hooking
• robbing
• pilfering
• boosting
• appropriating
• filching
• thieving
• pocketing
• nipping
• nicking
• ripping off
• taking
• misappropriating
• purloining
• picking
• snitching
• hijacking
• running off with
• making off with
• seizing
• making away with
• walking off with
• plundering
• heisting
• sacking
• looting
• knocking over
• grasping
• pillaging
• burglarizing
• poaching
• nailing
• abducting
• shoplifting
• rustling
• kidnapping
• rifling
• collaring
• sponging
• spiriting
• carjacking
• mooching
• shanghaiing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• buying
• purchasing
• giving
• presenting
• contributing
• donating
• bestowing
• handing over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lifting

Citrini Research’s February note imagined agents lifting output per hour to rates unseen since the 1950s while employment and demand collapse. — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

The commission was worried that lifting the ban would undo what had been accomplished. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

This is a sector that’s helped solve civilizational challenges like eradicating smallpox and lifting more than a billion people out of extreme poverty. — Max Simkoff, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026

In return, Washington had committed to lifting its naval blockade of Iranian ships, among other things. — Kevin Breuninger,lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026

Video shows rescuers lifting the biker from the trail and into a helicopter. — Denis Akbari, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026

The waltz seemed to leave his heart in turmoil without lifting his spirits. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

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

San Diego voters approved lifting the height limit that blocks thousands of new homes in Midway. — Zack Defazio Farrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2026