Synonyms for uplift
ʌpˈlɪft; ˈʌpˌlɪftup·lift

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1. uplift

   Synonyms:
   advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise

   Antonyms:
   abase, bring low, cast down, debase, degrade, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, reduce, sink

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1. upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrustnoun

   (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

   Synonyms:
   agitation, excitement, upthrust, turbulence, turmoil, convulsion, hullabaloo, upthrow, upheaval

2. upliftverb

   a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts

   Synonyms:
   upheaval, upthrust, upthrow

3. elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicateverb

   fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

   "Music can uplift your spirits"

   Synonyms:
   nail, percolate, call for, perk, lift up, perk up, get wind, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, learn, collect, catch, turn around, apprehend, receive, soak, find out, discover, intoxicate, pick up, peck, nab, arrest, inebriate, collar, cop, see

4. upliftverb

   lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces

   "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town"

   Synonyms:
   intoxicate, pick up, lift up, elate

5. upliftverb

   lift up or elevate

   Synonyms:
   intoxicate, pick up, lift up, elate

Matched Categories

1. • Push Up
   • Rise
   • Stimulate

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1. List of paraphrases for "uplift":

   uprising, heave, heaving, pull-out, pullout, lifting, upheaval

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1. Tyler Perry:

   The television and film are going one way and getting darker and darker, and people are looking for the light, they are looking for God, they are looking for faith, they are looking for someone to uplift them and make them feel great. That’s why there is such a hunger for this kind of program and again I’m so proud to be a part of it.

2. Kamand Kojouri:

   What is the point of a relationship if not to grant two people the very private privilege to uplift one another every day?

3. Jason Stearns:

   Many look to Katumbi as someone who can uplift the Congo's reputation and Congolese dignity after years and years of humiliation, here's a man who's been able to make a Congolese team famous across the continent.

4. Michael Dee:

   The distinct uplift in radiocarbon production that occurred between 992 and 993 AD has been detected in tree-ring archives from all over the world.

5. Sheryll Cashin:

   He was talking about vandals, but he was still participating in a very specific anti-Black idea, part of why it's so challenging to pursue humane policies that can uplift people in high-poverty areas is because we supply a lens of presumed thug -- instead of presumed citizen.