| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move something forward, often quickly |
Synonyms: |
accelerate, achieve, bring forward, come forward, conquer, continue ahead, continue on, dispatch, drive, elevate, forge ahead, gain ground, get ahead, get green light, get there, get with it, go ahead, go forth, go forward, go great guns, go places, go to town, hasten, launch, make headway, make the scene, march, move on, move onward, move up, press on, proceed, progress, promote, propel, push ahead, push on, quicken, send forward, skyrocket, speed, step forward, storm |
| Notes: | advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal |
Antonyms: |
back down, halt, hesitate, recede, retreat, retrogress, stop, turn, withdraw, yield |
| Main Entry: | ascend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go up |
Synonyms: |
arise, climb, escalate, float, fly, lift off, mount, move up, rise, scale, soar, sprout, take off, tower |
Antonyms: |
decline, descend, go down, lower |
| Main Entry: | get up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mount; get out of bed |
Synonyms: |
arise, ascend, awake, awaken, climb, increase, move up, pile out, rise, rise and shine, roll out, scale, spring out, stand, turn out, uprise, upspring |
| 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: | promote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give a higher position in organization |
Synonyms: |
advance, aggrandize, ascend, better, dignify, elevate, ennoble, exalt, favor, graduate, honor, increase, kick upstairs, magnify, move up, prefer, raise, skip, up*, upgrade |
Antonyms: |
degrade, demote, discredit |
| Main Entry: | raise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lift; build from the ground |
Synonyms: |
boost, bring up, construct, elevate, erect, establish, exalt, heave, hoist, hold up, lever, lift, lift up, mount, move up, place up, promote, pry, pull up, put on its end, put up, rear, run up, set up, set upright, shove, stand up, take up, throw up, upcast, upheave, uplift, upraise, uprear |
Antonyms: |
demolish, destroy, drop, lower, raze |
| 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 |
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: | upgrade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve |
Synonyms: |
advance, better, boost, elevate, enhance, increase, lift, make better, make strides, move up, progress, promote, raise |
| Main Entry: | jack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise |
Synonyms: |
boost, bring up, construct, elevate, erect, establish, exalt, heave, hike, hoist, hold up, jump, lever, lift, lift up, mount, move up, place up, promote, pry, pull up, put on its end, put up, rear, run up, set up, set upright, shove, stand up, take up, throw up, up, upcast, upheave, uplift, upraise, uprear |