| 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: | magnify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enlarge, intensify |
Synonyms: |
aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, augment, bless, blow up, boost, build up, deepen, dignify, dilate, distend, enhance, ennoble, eulogize, exalt, expand, extend, glorify, heighten, hike, hike up, increase, inflate, intensate, jack up, jump up, mount, multiply, pad, pyramid, redouble, rise, rouse, run up, step up, sweeten, swell |
Antonyms: |
decrease, diminish, lessen, miniaturize, weaken |
| Main Entry: | raise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase, augment |
Synonyms: |
advance, aggravate, amplify, assemble, boost, build up, collect, congregate, congress, dignify, enhance, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, exalt, fetch up, forgather, form, gather, get, goose up, goose, heighten, hike, hike up, honor, inflate, intensify, jack up, jump, jump up, levy, look up, magnify, mass, mobilize, mushroom, muster, obtain, perk up, pick up, promote, put up, pyramid, rally, recruit, reinforce, rendezvous, run up, send through the roof, shoot up, snowball, strengthen, up |
| Notes: | to raise is 'to bring something up'; to rise is 'to get up' one rears children and raises crops |
Antonyms: |
decrease, depress, diminish, lessen, lower, reduce |
| Main Entry: | stand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be or get upright |
Synonyms: |
be erect, be on feet, be vertical, cock, dispose, erect, jump up, locate, mount, place, poise, position, put, rank, rise, set, settle |
Antonyms: |
lay, lie, sit |