| Main Entry: | buoy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | floating device |
Synonyms: |
beacon, drift, float, guide, marker, signal |
| Main Entry: | bolster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help |
Synonyms: |
aid, assist, bear up, boost, brace, buck up, bulwark, buoy, buttress, carry, cushion, help, hold up, maintain, pick up, pillow, prop, reinforce, shore up, stay, strengthen, support, sustain, uphold |
Antonyms: |
hinder, not support, obstruct, prevent, undermine |
| Main Entry: | buoy (up) |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make light, encourage |
Synonyms: |
bolster, boost, buck up, cheer, cheer up, encourage, hearten, keep afloat, lift, prop, raise, support, sustain, uphold |
Antonyms: |
bring down, depress |
| Main Entry: | cheer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make someone feel happier |
Synonyms: |
animate, brace up, brighten, buck up, buoy, comfort, console, elate, elevate, embolden, encourage, enliven, exhilarate, give a lift, gladden, hearten, help, incite, inspirit, let the sun shine in, perk up, pick up, put on cloud nine, put on top of the world, snap out of it, solace, steel, strengthen, uplift, upraise, warm |
Antonyms: |
bring down, depress, dishearten, make unhappy |
| Main Entry: | embolden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage |
Synonyms: |
boost, buoy, cheer, energize, enhearten, exhilarate, give courage, give pep talk, goad, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, psyche up, push, rally, reassure, refresh, revitalize, spur, stir, sway |
| Main Entry: | encourage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate spiritually |
Synonyms: |
animate, applaud, boost, brighten, buck up, buoy, cheer, cheer up, comfort, console, embolden, energize, enhearten, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, galvanize, give shot in arm, gladden, goad, hearten, incite, inspire, inspirit, instigate, praise, prick, prop up, psych up, push, rally, reassure, refresh, restore, revitalize, revivify, rouse, spur, steel, stir, strengthen, sway |
Antonyms: |
dampen, deject, depress, deter, discourage, dispirit, dissuade, uninspire |
| Main Entry: | enliven |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire, vitalize |
Synonyms: |
animate, brace up, brighten, buck up, buoy, cheer, cheer up, divert, entertain, excite, exhilarate, fire, fire up, galvanize, give a lift, give life to, gladden, hearten, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, juice up, let sunshine in, pep up, perk up, pick up, put pep into, quicken, recreate, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, restore, rouse, snap out of it, spark, spice, spice up, stimulate, vivificate, vivify, wake up, work up, zap |
Antonyms: |
bore, dull, enervate, exhaust, fatigue, subdue, tire |
| Main Entry: | exhilarate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make very happy |
Synonyms: |
animate, boost, buoy, cheer, commove, delight, elate, enliven, exalt, excite, gladden, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, juice*, lift, pep up, perk up, pick up, put zip into, quicken, rejoice, send, snap up, stimulate, thrill, turn on, uplift, vitalize |
Antonyms: |
agitate, depress, discourage, sadden, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | hearten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise someone's spirits |
Synonyms: |
animate, arouse, assure, buck up, buoy, cheer, comfort, console, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, incite, inspire, inspirit, rally, reassure, revivify, rouse, steel, stimulate, stir, strengthen |
Antonyms: |
bring down, depress, discourage, dishearten |
| Main Entry: | lighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce weight, load |
Synonyms: |
allay, alleviate, ameliorate, assuage, attenuate, buoy, change, comfort, cut down, decrease, dilute, disburden, disencumber, ease, empty, eradicate, extenuate, facilitate, free, jettison, lessen, levitate, make less, make lighter, mitigate, mollify, pour out, put off, reduce, relieve, remove, shift, take, take a load off, thin, throw out, unburden, unload, uplight, upraise |
Antonyms: |
burden, weigh down |