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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hold up

    Support and sustain alike signify to hold up or keep up, to prevent from falling or sinking; but sustain has a special sense of continuous exertion or of great strength continuously exerted, as when we speak of sustained endeavor or a sustained note; a flower is supported by the stem or a temple-roof by arches; the foundations of a great building sustain an enormous pressure; to sustain life implies a greater exigency and need than to support life; to say one is sustained under affliction is to say more both of the severity of the trial and the completeness of the upholding than if we say he is supported. To bear is the most general word, denoting all holding up or keeping up of any object, whether in rest or motion; in the derived senses it refers to something that is a tax upon strength or endurance; as, to bear a strain; to bear pain or grief. To maintain is to keep in a state or condition, especially in an excellent and desirable condition; as, to maintain health or reputation; to maintain one's position; to maintain a cause or proposition is to hold it against opposition or difficulty. To support may be partial, to maintain is complete; maintain is a word of more dignity than support; a man supports his family; a state maintains an army or navy. To prop is always partial, signifying to add support to something that is insecure. Compare ABET; ENDURE; KEEP.

    Synonyms:
    bear, carry, cherish, keep, keep up, maintain, prop, support, sustain, uphold

    Antonyms:
    abandon, betray, break down, cast down, demolish, desert, destroy, drop, let go, overthrow, throw down, wreck

    Preposition:
    The roof is supported by, on, or upon pillars; the family was supported on or upon a pittance, or by charity.

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hold, support, sustain, hold upverb

    be the physical support of; carry the weight of

    "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"

    Synonyms:
    take, hold in, hold out, make, endure, fend for, affirm, view as, underpin, carry, book, concur, have, maintain, hold, last, moderate, sustain, corroborate, confirm, retain, nourish, nurse, defy, support, go, stick up, keep up, patronise, guard, prevail, declare, withstand, adjudge, tolerate, indorse, accommodate, abide, control, prolong, stomach, harbour, patronage, live, reserve, check, hold back, stick out, brook, give, take hold, go for, patronize, deem, apply, stand up, obtain, substantiate, survive, get, bind, stand, have got, entertain, plunk for, live on, curb, back, restrain, keep, concord, keep back, oblige, throw, arrest, hold water, contain, back up, suffer, bear, nurture, subscribe, take for, harbor, detain, defend, put up, confine, keep going, bear out, admit, digest, plump for, endorse, halt, obligate, agree, delay

  2. hold upverb

    hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration

    Synonyms:
    go, live, detain, stick up, last, delay, support, hold out, hold, sustain, live on, hold water, endure, stand up, withstand, defy, survive

  3. delay, detain, hold upverb

    cause to be slowed down or delayed

    "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"

    Synonyms:
    go, live, detain, stick up, stay, last, delay, confine, hold out, hold, sustain, hold water, live on, support, check, retard, endure, stand up, withstand, defy, survive

  4. hold up, stick upverb

    rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat

    Synonyms:
    go, live, detain, stick up, last, delay, support, hold out, hold, sustain, live on, hold water, endure, stand up, withstand, defy, survive

  5. survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold outverb

    continue to live through hardship or adversity

    "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"

    Synonyms:
    subsist, perish, give way, hold out, run, endure, lead, experience, give out, conk out, operate, travel, hold, function, die, sustain, stretch forth, last, go away, weather, prevail, go, brave out, rifle, defy, persist, run low, stick up, plump, digest, stomach, hold water, break, pass away, drop dead, withstand, stretch out, tolerate, abide, blend in, run short, get going, locomote, pull through, be, come through, live, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, blend, stick out, brook, stand up, bear, fit, suffer, pull round, outlast, populate, inhabit, belong, dwell, give-up the ghost, go bad, survive, get, stand, expire, become, exist, live on, croak, move, choke, pop off, sound, make it, wear, extend, start, depart, decease, outlive, pass, proceed, break down, exit, conk, fail, buy the farm, detain, put out, know, brave, put up, exsert, snuff it, resist, support, die hard, stand firm, work, delay

  6. defy, withstand, hold, hold upverb

    resist or confront with resistance

    "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held"

    Synonyms:
    accommodate, book, stand up, retain, moderate, view as, support, apply, hold back, harbour, hold out, take hold, bind, defy, arrest, dare, live, take, have, concord, survive, live on, check, make, take for, go for, stand firm, keep, defend, control, harbor, deem, throw, obligate, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nurse, oblige, curb, hold, stick up, last, confine, hold water, have got, go, endure, restrain, declare, withstand, agree, hold in, delay, halt, contain, concur, maintain, guard, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, obtain, refuse, resist, detain, bear

  7. stand up, hold up, hold waterverb

    resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.

    "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water"

    Synonyms:
    rise, bristle, delay, detain, stick up, stand, last, withstand, support, hold out, get up, arise, sustain, hold, live on, hold water, place upright, live, stand up, defy, uprise, survive, go, endure

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hold up

    Synonyms:
    clear up, cease raining

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How to use hold up in a sentence?

  1. Pramila Jayapal:

    If you just say' Well, vote,' and you don't explain any of the other stuff, people are going to be furious because they have voted, we have not done a good job in my mind as Democrats, as a country of actually explaining the structural problem with the Senate and the filibuster and if you don't do that, it's to the Republicans' benefit because they can do exactly what they've been doing, which is hold up everything and then blame Democrats.

  2. Jared Allen:

    After watching videos of badminton it was like 'man these guys are actually pretty darn athletic.' They were flying all over and diving on the hard court and I was like I don't think my back would hold up, so we went to a less physically taxing sport, and I figured when the winners have to buy the losers a beer as a customary tradition (in curling), how rough can that sport actually be.

  3. Fulton John Sheen:

    It's like being a Knight of the Garter. It's an honor, but it doesn't hold up anything.

  4. Karina Preciado-Quintanilla:

    That is the whole appeal. He is willing to hold up that mirror, he still has that fire, that passion for real reform.

  5. South:

    Were there but one virtuous man in the world, he would hold up his head with confidence and honor; he would shame the world, and not the world him.


Translations for hold up

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  • أصمدArabic
  • αργώGreek
  • aguaitar, esperar, mantener, sostener, cumplirSpanish
  • ryöstää, kohottaa, viivästyttää, kestää, viivästyä, täyttää, nostaaFinnish
  • rallentare, sostenere, frenare, sollevare, mantenere, alzare, ritardare, attenersi, aspettare, rapinare, fronteggiareItalian
  • wstrzymać, opóźnićPolish
  • jefui, prăda, înfrunta, stăvili, întârziaRomanian
  • 耽誤Chinese

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