Synonyms for buoy up
buoy up

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1. lighten, lighten up, buoy upverb

   become more cheerful

   "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"

   Synonyms:
   relieve, lighten, lighten up, brighten, buoy

2. lighten, lighten up, buoy upverb

   make more cheerful

   "the conversation lightened me up a bit"

   Synonyms:
   relieve, lighten, lighten up, brighten, buoy

3. buoy, buoy upverb

   keep afloat

   "The life vest buoyed him up"

   Synonyms:
   lighten up, lighten, buoy

Matched Categories

1. • Cheer
   • Support

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1. buoy up

   Synonyms:
   float, keep afloat, bear up, bear on the surface

2. buoy up

   Synonyms:
   encourage, embolden, reassure

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1. William Cobbett:

   The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty.

2. Unknown:

   If privatization fails to buoy up the economy, then let's be put in record now only who would or should be penalized