Antonyms for hoist
hɔɪst or, sometimes, haɪsthoist

Matched Categories

1. • Lift
   • Raise

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 3 votes

1. hoistverb

   lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects

2. hoist, lift, windverb

   raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

   "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

   Synonyms:
   nose, hook, rise, nobble, wind, meander, cabbage, vacate, thread, wrap, twist, annul, elevate, uprise, lift, go up, roll, pinch, twine, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, wander, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, weave, curve, raise, scent, sneak, get up, run up, wind up, move up, wreathe, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, face-lift, rustle, countermand

3. hoistverb

   move from one place to another by lifting

   "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table"

   Synonyms:
   wind, run up, lift

4. hoist, run upverb

   raise

   "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"

   Synonyms:
   sew, chalk up, wind, lift, run up, stitch, sew together

How to use hoist in a sentence?

1. Henry Louis Mencken:

   Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

2. William Shakespeare:

   For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard...

3. Douglas MacArthur:

   I see that old flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.

4. Ken Burchell:

   We certainly do hoist rescues, we do med-evacs, we search for snipers, we do aerial coordination, we do all of those things, but at Navy Yard, we had to do all those things at once, and that was a huge challenge.

5. Laura Moore -RRB- Laura:

   If they spent a day in their park with me and my son, they would immediately know there was a problem, they can make all these amazing rides but they can't put a changing hoist in a toilet.It's disgraceful that the biggest theme park on the planet doesn't cater for everybody.

How to pronounce hoist?

How to say hoist in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency