| 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: | brighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make happy, feel better |
Synonyms: |
become cheerful, buck up, buoy up, cheer, cheer up, clear up, encourage, enliven, gladden, hearten, improve, look up, perk up |
Antonyms: |
depress, upset |
| Main Entry: | elevate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise spirits |
Synonyms: |
animate, boost, brighten, bring up, buoy up, cheer, elate, excite, exhilarate, glorify, hearten, inspire, lift up, perk up, refine, rouse, sublimate, uplift |
Antonyms: |
depress, disgrace, distress, lower, shame, trouble, upset |
| Main Entry: | lift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move upwards; ascend |
Synonyms: |
arise, aspire, bear aloft, boost, bring up, build up, buoy up, climb, come up, disappear, disperse, dissipate, draw up, elevate, erect, goose, heft, hike, hike up, hoist, jack up, jump up, mount, move up, pick up, put up, raise, raise high, rear, rise, soar, take up, up, upheave, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear, vanish |
Antonyms: |
descend, drop, lower |
| Main Entry: | lighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheer up; inspire |
Synonyms: |
brighten, buoy up, cheer, elate, encourage, gladden, hearten, lift, perk up, revive, take a load off |
Antonyms: |
bring down, burden, depress, upset |
| Main Entry: | support |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take care of, provide for |
Synonyms: |
angel*, attend to, back, bankroll, be a source of strength, bring up, buoy up, care for, chaperon, cherish, earn one's keep, encourage, feed, finance, fortify, foster, fund, give a leg up, guard, keep, keep an eye on, look after, maintain, make a living, nourish, nurse, pay expenses of, pay for, pick up the check, prop, put up money for, raise, set up, sponsor, stake, stiffen, strengthen, stroke, subsidize, succor, sustain, underwrite, uphold |
Antonyms: |
let go, neglect, refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | uphold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | maintain, support |
Synonyms: |
advocate, aid, assist, back, back up, bolster, boost, brace, buoy up, buttress, carry, champion, confirm, countenance, defend, elevate, encourage, endorse, help, hoist, hold to, hold up one's end, justify, pick up, promote, prop, raise, rear, second, shore up, side with, stand by, stick by, stick up for, sustain, take up, upbear, uplift, upraise, uprear, vindicate |
Antonyms: |
weaken |
| Main Entry: | support |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
brooking, buttressing, cantilevered, exposed, fulcible, fundamental, offering secours, supported, supporting
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| Concept: | Support. |
| Category: | 2. LINEAR DIMENSIONS |
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-nouns
support, ground, foundation, base, basis; terra firma; bearing, fulcrum, bait [U.S.], caudex crib; point d'appui, , purchase footing, hold, locus standi; landing place, landing stage; stage, platform; block; rest, resting place; groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention; floor (basement)., supporter; aid; prop, stand, anvil, fulciment; cue rest, jigger; monkey; stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage; sleeper; stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger; ratlings., staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle; bourdon, cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick., post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster; pediment, pedicle; pedestal; plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle; buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment; baluster, banister, stanchion; balustrade; headstone., frame, framework; scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, cornerstone, summer, transom; rung, round, step, sill; angle rafter, hip rafter; cantilever, modillion; crown post, king post; vertebra., columella, backbone; keystone; axle, axletree; axis; arch, mainstay., trunnion, pivot, rowlock; peg (pendency); tiebeam (fastening); thole pin., board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack; mantel, mantle piece, mantleshelf; slab, console; counter, dresser; flange, corbel; table, trestle; shoulder; perch; horse; easel, desk; clotheshorse, hatrack; retable; teapoy., seat, throne, dais; divan, musnud; chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall; arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair; couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench; aparejo, faldstool, horn; long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair; lamba chauki, lamba kursi; saddle, pannel, pillion; side saddle, pack saddle; pommel., bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead; four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang; bedding, bichona, mattress, paillasse; pillow, bolster; mat, rug, cushion., footstool, hassock; tabouret; tripod., Atlas, Persides, Atlantes, Caryatides, Hercules.
-verbs
be supported; lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on, rest on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on; have at one's back; bestride, bestraddle., support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder; hold up, back up, bolster up, shore up; uphold, upbear; prop; under prop, under pin, under set; riprap; bandage., give support, furnish support, afford support, supply support, lend support, give foundations, furnish foundations, afford foundations, supply foundations, lend foundations; bottom, found, base, ground, imbed, embed., maintain, keep on foot; aid.
-adjectives
supporting, supported; fundamental; dorsigerous.
-adverbs
astride on, straddle.
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