Synonyms for lift
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : lift |
| Phonetic Transcription : lɪft |
Top 10 synonyms for lift Other synonyms for the word lift
- abstract
- advance
- ameliorate
- annul
- appropriate
- arise
- aspire
- assist
- assistance
- bear aloft
- bring up
- build up
- buoy up
- car ride
- come up
- cop
- copy
- countermand
- crib
- dignify
- disperse
- dissipate
- draw up
- drive
- elevate
- erect
- exalt
- filch
- goose
- hand
- heft
- hike
- hike up
- hook
- jack up
- journey
- jump up
- leg up
- mount
- move up
- nip
- passage
- pick up
- pick-me-up
- pilfer
- pinch
- pirate
- plagiarize
- purloin
- put up
- raise
- raise high
- rear
- reassurance
- recall
- relax
- relief
- remove
- rescind
- reverse
- ride
- rise
- run
- secours
- shot in the arm
- snitch
- soar
- stop
- succor
- support
- swipe
- take
- take up
- terminate
- thieve
- transport
- up
- upgrade
- upheave
- uphold
- uplift
- upraise
- uprear
- vanish
Définition of lift
Origin :- c.1200, from Old Norse lypta "to raise," from Proto-Germanic *luftijan (cf. Middle Low German lüchten, Dutch lichten, German lüften "to lift;" Old English lyft "heaven, air," see loft). The meaning "steal" (as in shop-lift) is first recorded 1520s. Related: Lifted; lifting.
- noun transportation
- noun help, aid
- verb move upwards; ascend
- verb repeal, revoke
- verb steal
- verb promote, improve
- She put out both arms as if to lift the young girl, and carry her away.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Lift up your sweet face, my best child, my own Clarissa Harlowe!
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Mrs. Roberts, it was just that which she wanted to do,—lift them up.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Mechanically, you raise your hand to lift away your optimistic spectacles.
- Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
- Here I am, and here I bide, while God gives me strength to lift a sword.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- I am writing this on the bureau, so that when I lift my eyes I may see It.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- He only awoke when the driver took hold of him to lift him down.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- I suspect that she dared not lift her head for fear I might see the laughter in her eyes.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- But lift the whole problem out of the realm of books as such!
- Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
- There was something that is supposed to be the prerogative of royalty in the lift of it.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
Antonyms for lift
- allow
- appear
- approve
- begin
- collect
- condemn
- decrease
- demote
- denounce
- depress
- descend
- discouragement
- disgrace
- dispirit
- drop
- fall
- gather
- give
- give birth
- harm
- hindrance
- humiliate
- hurt
- ill will
- impose
- injury
- lessen
- lower
- neglect
- permit
- receive
- reduce
- release
- restore
- set down
- shame
- start
- stop
- stoppage
- weaken
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