| Main Entry: | levitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rise into the air |
Synonyms: |
be suspended, defy gravity, drift, float, fly, hang, hover, rise, soar |
| Main Entry: | conjure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cast spell |
Synonyms: |
bewitch, call upon, charm, enchant, ensorcel, entrance, exorcise, fascinate, invoke, levitate, play tricks, raise, rouse, summon, voodoo |
| Main Entry: | elevate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lift up |
Synonyms: |
erect, fetch up, heighten, hike up, hoist, jack up, levitate, poise, pump, put up, pyramid, raise, ramp, rear, shoot up, stilt, take up, tilt, uphold, uplift, upraise |
Antonyms: |
decrease, depress, drop, lessen, lower, push down |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | rise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get up; ascend |
Synonyms: |
arise, arouse, aspire, awake, be erect, be located, be situated, blast off, bob up, climb, come up, get out of bed, get steeper, get to one's feet, go uphill, grow, have foundation, levitate, lift, mount, move up, pile out, push up, reach up, rise and shine, rise up, rocket, roll out, rouse, scale, sit up, slope upwards, soar, sprout, stand up, straighten up, surface, surge, surmount, sweep upward, tower, turn out, up*, upspring |
| Notes: | to raise is 'to bring something up'; to rise is 'to get up' |
Antonyms: |
descend, lower |
| Main Entry: | rise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase, grow |
Synonyms: |
accelerate, add to, advance, aggravate, arise, ascend, augment, billow, build, bulge, climb, deepen, distend, double, enhance, enlarge, expand, go through the roof, go up, heighten, improve, inflate, intensate, intensify, levitate, lift, magnify, mount, move up, multiply, perk up, pick up, pile up, raise, redouble, rouse, soar, speed up, spread, stack up, swell, take off, upsurge, wax |
Antonyms: |
decline, decrease, lessen, lower, recede |
| Main Entry: | upraise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | elevate |
Synonyms: |
boost, erect, fetch up, heave, heighten, hike up, hoist, jack up, levitate, lift, pick up*, poise, pump, put up, pyramid, raise, ramp, rear, shoot up, stilt, take up, tilt, uphold, uplift, uprear |
| Main Entry: | uprear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | elevate |
Synonyms: |
boost, erect, fetch up, heave, heighten, hike up, hoist, jack up, levitate, lift, pick up*, poise, pump, put up, pyramid, raise, ramp, rear, shoot up, stilt, take up, tilt, uphold, uplift, upraise |