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uphold

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of uphold

1 to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections

  • determined to uphold her views in the face of all challenges
Synonyms of uphold

defend, justify, maintain, support
Words Related to uphold

advocate, champion, espouse

confirm, vindicate, warrant

affirm, assert, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, insist, plead, proclaim, profess, protest, state

argue, debate, discuss

emphasize, stress, underline, underscore
Phrases Synonymous with uphold

stand up for, stick up for
Near Antonyms of uphold

abandon, abjure, forsake, recant, retract, take back, withdraw

reverse, switch

controvert, disprove, rebut, refute

2 to hold up or serve as a foundation for

  • an entablature upheld by a series of gracefully slender columns
Synonyms of uphold

bear, bolster, brace, buttress, carry, prop (up), shore (up), stay, support, sustain, undergird, underpin
Words Related to uphold

steady, truss, underlie

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

  • worshippers upheld their joined hands and sang the praises of the Lord
Synonyms of uphold

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

ascend, mount, rise

rear, upend
Near Antonyms of uphold

descend, dip, fall, pitch, plunge, slip

bear, depress, press, push

sink, submerge
Antonyms of uphold

drop, lower

Synonym Discussion of uphold

support, uphold, advocate, back, champion mean to favor actively one that meets opposition. support is least explicit about the nature of the assistance given.
    • supports waterfront development
uphold implies extended support given to something attacked.
    • upheld the legitimacy of the military action
advocate stresses urging or pleading.
    • advocated prison reform
back suggests supporting by lending assistance to one failing or falling.
    • refusing to back the call for sanctions
champion suggests publicly defending one unjustly attacked or too weak to advocate his or her own cause.
    • championed the rights of children

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