Synonyms for lift
lɪftlift

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1. lift

   A person may bear a load either when in motion or at rest; he carries it only when in motion. The stooping Atlas bears the world on his shoulders; swiftly moving Time carries the hour-glass and scythe; a person may be said either to bear or to carry a scar, since it is upon him whether in motion or at rest. If an object is to be moved from the place we occupy, we say carry; if to the place we occupy, we say bring. A messenger carries a letter to a correspondent, and brings an answer. Take is often used in this sense in place of carry; as, take that letter to the office. Carry often signifies to transport by personal strength, without reference to the direction; as, that is more than he can carry; yet, even so, it would not be admissible to say carry it to me, or carry it here; in such case we must say bring. To lift is simply to raise from the ground, tho but for an instant, with no reference to holding or moving; one may be able to lift what he could not carry. The figurative uses of carry are very numerous; as, to carry an election, carry the country, carry (in the sense of capture) a fort, carry an audience, carry a stock of goods, etc. Compare CONVEY; KEEP; SUPPORT.

   Synonyms:
   bear, bring, carry, convey, move, remove, sustain, take, transmit, transport

   Antonyms:
   drop, fall under, give up, let go, shake off, throw down, throw off

   Preposition:
   To carry coals to Newcastle; carry nothing from, or out of, this house; he carried these qualities into all he did; carry across the street, over the bridge, through the woods, around or round the corner; beyond the river; the cable was carried under the sea.

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1. lift

   Synonyms:
   raise, elevate, upraise, upheave, exalt, hoist, elate, erect

   Antonyms:
   lower, sink, depress, crush, overwhelm, degrade, dash, cast, hurl

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1. liftnoun

   the act of giving temporary assistance

   Synonyms:
   rise, cosmetic surgery, nip and tuck, heave, face lifting, ski lift, airlift, facelift, elevation, rhytidectomy, ski tow, raising, face lift, elevator, rhytidoplasty, aerodynamic lift, raise

2. aerodynamic lift, liftnoun

   the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

   Synonyms:
   rise, cosmetic surgery, nip and tuck, heave, face lifting, ski lift, airlift, facelift, elevation, rhytidectomy, ski tow, raising, face lift, elevator, rhytidoplasty, aerodynamic lift, raise

3. elevation, lift, raisingnoun

   the event of something being raised upward

   "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"

   Synonyms:
   upbringing, fosterage, rise, height, rhytidectomy, fostering, aggrandisement, aggrandizement, aerodynamic lift, peak, elevation, raising, airlift, face lift, rearing, nurture, bringing up, nip and tuck, ski tow, natural elevation, tiptop, cosmetic surgery, heave, rhytidoplasty, meridian, breeding, acme, raise, pinnacle, ski lift, elevator, top, superlative, facelift, summit, face lifting, altitude

4. lift, risenoun

   a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

   Synonyms:
   emanation, rise, acclivity, rhytidectomy, cost increase, upgrade, rising slope, salary increase, aerodynamic lift, elevation, heave, wage hike, airlift, face lift, raising, nip and tuck, ski tow, procession, boost, climb, cosmetic surgery, raise, wage increase, ascending, rhytidoplasty, rising, ascent, ski lift, elevator, ascension, facelift, hike, face lifting, advance

5. ski tow, ski lift, liftnoun

   a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

   Synonyms:
   rise, cosmetic surgery, nip and tuck, heave, face lifting, ski lift, airlift, facelift, elevation, rhytidectomy, ski tow, raising, face lift, elevator, rhytidoplasty, aerodynamic lift, raise

6. liftnoun

   a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg

   Synonyms:
   rise, cosmetic surgery, nip and tuck, heave, face lifting, ski lift, airlift, facelift, elevation, rhytidectomy, ski tow, raising, face lift, elevator, rhytidoplasty, aerodynamic lift, raise

7. liftnoun

   one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot

   Synonyms:
   rise, cosmetic surgery, nip and tuck, heave, face lifting, ski lift, airlift, facelift, elevation, rhytidectomy, ski tow, raising, face lift, elevator, rhytidoplasty, aerodynamic lift, raise

8. elevator, liftnoun

   lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building

   Synonyms:
   rise, cosmetic surgery, nip and tuck, heave, face lifting, ski lift, airlift, facelift, elevation, rhytidectomy, ski tow, raising, face lift, elevator, rhytidoplasty, aerodynamic lift, raise

9. face lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tucknoun

   plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised

   "some actresses have more than one face lift"

   Synonyms:
   rise, cosmetic surgery, nip and tuck, heave, face lifting, ski lift, airlift, facelift, elevation, rhytidectomy, ski tow, raising, face lift, elevator, rhytidoplasty, aerodynamic lift, raise

10. airlift, liftnoun

    transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

    Synonyms:
    rise, cosmetic surgery, nip and tuck, heave, face lifting, ski lift, airlift, facelift, elevation, rhytidectomy, ski tow, raising, face lift, elevator, rhytidoplasty, aerodynamic lift, raise

11. liftnoun

    a ride in a car

    "he gave me a lift home"

    Synonyms:
    rise, cosmetic surgery, nip and tuck, heave, face lifting, ski lift, airlift, facelift, elevation, rhytidectomy, ski tow, raising, face lift, elevator, rhytidoplasty, aerodynamic lift, raise

12. lift, raise, heaveverb

    the act of raising something

    "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"

    Synonyms:
    rise, cosmetic surgery, acclivity, wage increase, nip and tuck, heave, face lifting, salary increase, wage hike, upgrade, ski lift, airlift, facelift, elevation, rhytidectomy, ski tow, raising, heaving, hike, face lift, elevator, rhytidoplasty, aerodynamic lift, raise, ascent, retch, climb

13. raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring upverb

    raise from a lower to a higher position

    "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

    Synonyms:
    elevate, resurrect, rig out, hook, organise, cram, provoke, reboot, stand up, nobble, arise, overdress, fire, leaven, call forth, grow, repeal, abstract, kick upstairs, uprise, heighten, vacate, upgrade, bone, advert, refer, put up, tog out, cabbage, turn out, tog up, set up, prink, reverse, trick up, go up, grind away, filch, name, raise, bring up, revoke, pilfer, dress up, levy, work up, conjure, recruit, upraise, sneak, rise, attire, move up, conjure up, fig out, rescind, fancy up, swot up, gussy up, devise, boot, enhance, come up, wind, pinch, arouse, prepare, swipe, advance, machinate, countermand, prove, put forward, invoke, enkindle, fig up, evoke, mug up, rear, cite, drum, annul, rustle, stir, elicit, hoist, mention, nurture, parent, swot, trick out, purloin, produce, erect, face-lift, kindle, snarf, plagiarize, overturn, promote, organize, deck out, plagiarise, airlift, farm, get up, bone up, call down, deck up

14. liftverb

    take hold of something and move it to a different location

    "lift the box onto the table"

    Synonyms:
    hook, rise, nobble, wind, cabbage, vacate, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, go up, pinch, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, raise, sneak, get up, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, face-lift, rustle, countermand

15. lift, raiseverb

    move upwards

    "lift one's eyes"

    Synonyms:
    call down, kindle, hook, rise, nobble, wind, put forward, cabbage, leaven, vacate, hoist, upgrade, annul, parent, elevate, uprise, enhance, upraise, enkindle, put up, stir, kick upstairs, go up, advance, conjure, pinch, elicit, prove, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, grow, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, set up, conjure up, nurture, resurrect, levy, promote, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, erect, recruit, raise, sneak, provoke, get up, farm, call forth, move up, invoke, arouse, swipe, reverse, airlift, fire, revoke, evoke, rear, produce, face-lift, rustle, countermand, heighten

16. rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, upriseverb

    move upward

    "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"

    Synonyms:
    elevate, resurrect, rise up, burn down, hook, get hold, develop, stand up, uprise, arise, nobble, repeal, scrape, climb, bob up, snarf, heighten, vacate, spring up, turn out, draw near, reverse, muster, go up, plagiarise, bring up, raise, revoke, pilfer, grow, cabbage, sneak, rise, abstract, approach, move up, filch, mount, go on, rally, come near, come up, climb up, pinch, bristle, wind, ascend, find, line up, swipe, surface, draw close, countermand, scrape up, prove, plagiarize, muster up, jump, originate, rear, rustle, near, airlift, come on, summon, purloin, wax, scratch, face-lift, come, burn up, overturn, hoist, rebel, rescind, annul, get up

17. liftverb

    make audible

    "He lifted a war whoop"

    Synonyms:
    hook, rise, nobble, wind, cabbage, vacate, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, go up, pinch, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, raise, sneak, get up, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, face-lift, rustle, countermand

18. revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacateverb

    cancel officially

    "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

    Synonyms:
    nullify, cabbage, revolutionise, hook, bring down, rise, wind, avoid, quash, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, resign, empty, abandon, overrule, turn over, nobble, go up, pinch, overthrow, plagiarize, arise, invert, abstract, rescind, bowl over, come up, turn back, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, change by reversal, give up, purloin, snarf, subvert, overturn, repeal, invalidate, override, raise, revolutionize, renounce, sneak, tip over, get up, upset, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, tump over, turn, face-lift, knock over, vacate, rustle, void, countermand

19. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, liftverb

    make off with belongings of others

    Synonyms:
    elevate, snitch, rook, mouse, hook, top, victimize, nobble, uprise, arise, cop, cabbage, repeal, abstract, kidnap, vellicate, crimp, snarf, con, vacate, defraud, hornswoggle, reverse, pussyfoot, go up, plagiarise, bring up, airlift, raise, rob, plume, revoke, pilfer, accost, overcharge, knock off, sneak, rise, abduct, move up, thieve, addict, crochet, filch, get up, squeeze, gyp, swindle, come up, creep, diddle, pinch, wind, pluck, swipe, solicit, countermand, bunco, twitch, rear, soak, rustle, hoist, short-change, goldbrick, snatch, purloin, scam, tweet, snare, face-lift, fleece, mulct, gip, plagiarize, gazump, surcharge, twinge, rescind, annul, slip, overturn, glom

20. hoist, lift, windverb

    raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

    "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

    Synonyms:
    nose, hook, rise, nobble, wind, meander, cabbage, vacate, hoist, thread, wrap, twist, annul, elevate, uprise, go up, roll, pinch, twine, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, wander, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, weave, curve, raise, scent, sneak, get up, run up, wind up, move up, wreathe, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, face-lift, rustle, countermand

21. raise, liftverb

    invigorate or heighten

    "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"

    Synonyms:
    kindle, farm, rise, wind, put forward, cabbage, leaven, set up, hoist, upgrade, annul, provoke, elevate, kick upstairs, recruit, upraise, enkindle, go up, put up, heighten, stir, rustle, nobble, elicit, advance, conjure, plagiarize, fire, arise, arouse, rescind, sneak, come up, grow, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, conjure up, nurture, resurrect, levy, promote, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, erect, swipe, prove, call down, get up, produce, call forth, move up, invoke, abstract, reverse, airlift, raise, revoke, evoke, rear, parent, face-lift, vacate, hook, enhance, pinch, countermand, uprise

22. lift, raise, elevateverb

    raise in rank or condition

    "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

    Synonyms:
    call down, kindle, hook, rise, nobble, wind, put forward, cabbage, leaven, vacate, hoist, upgrade, annul, parent, elevate, uprise, enhance, upraise, enkindle, put up, stir, kick upstairs, go up, advance, conjure, pinch, elicit, prove, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, grow, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, set up, conjure up, nurture, resurrect, levy, promote, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, erect, recruit, raise, sneak, provoke, get up, farm, call forth, move up, invoke, arouse, swipe, reverse, airlift, fire, revoke, evoke, rear, produce, face-lift, rustle, countermand, heighten

23. liftverb

    take off or away by decreasing

    "lift the pressure"

    Synonyms:
    hook, rise, nobble, wind, cabbage, vacate, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, go up, pinch, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, raise, sneak, get up, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, face-lift, rustle, countermand

24. rise, lift, rearverb

    rise up

    "The building rose before them"

    Synonyms:
    hook, rise, wind, cabbage, stand up, vacate, climb up, hoist, airlift, annul, elevate, uprise, put up, heighten, nobble, go up, rebel, surface, plagiarize, arise, spring up, abstract, revoke, come up, grow, originate, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, reverse, nurture, resurrect, erect, ascend, snarf, overturn, repeal, develop, climb, swipe, raise, sneak, get up, prove, move up, set up, turn out, jump, purloin, rescind, bring up, rear, face-lift, parent, mount, rise up, wax, rustle, pinch, countermand

25. liftverb

    pay off (a mortgage)

    Synonyms:
    hook, rise, nobble, wind, cabbage, vacate, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, go up, pinch, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, raise, sneak, get up, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, face-lift, rustle, countermand

26. plagiarize, plagiarise, liftverb

    take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

    Synonyms:
    hook, rise, nobble, wind, cabbage, vacate, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, go up, pinch, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, raise, sneak, get up, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, face-lift, rustle, countermand

27. rustle, liftverb

    take illegally

    "rustle cattle"

    Synonyms:
    hook, rise, nobble, wind, cabbage, vacate, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, go up, pinch, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, raise, sneak, get up, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, face-lift, rustle, countermand

28. airlift, liftverb

    fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means

    "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"

    Synonyms:
    hook, rise, nobble, wind, cabbage, vacate, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, go up, pinch, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, raise, sneak, get up, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, face-lift, rustle, countermand

29. liftverb

    take (root crops) out of the ground

    "lift potatoes"

    Synonyms:
    hook, rise, nobble, wind, cabbage, vacate, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, go up, pinch, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, raise, sneak, get up, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, face-lift, rustle, countermand

30. liftverb

    call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs

    Synonyms:
    hook, rise, nobble, wind, cabbage, vacate, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, go up, pinch, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, raise, sneak, get up, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, face-lift, rustle, countermand

31. liftverb

    rise upward, as from pressure or moisture

    "The floor is lifting slowly"

    Synonyms:
    hook, rise, nobble, wind, cabbage, vacate, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, go up, pinch, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, raise, sneak, get up, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, face-lift, rustle, countermand

32. lift, raiseverb

    put an end to

    "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"

    Synonyms:
    call down, kindle, hook, rise, nobble, wind, put forward, cabbage, leaven, vacate, hoist, upgrade, annul, parent, elevate, uprise, enhance, upraise, enkindle, put up, stir, kick upstairs, go up, advance, conjure, pinch, elicit, prove, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, grow, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, set up, conjure up, nurture, resurrect, levy, promote, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, erect, recruit, raise, sneak, provoke, get up, farm, call forth, move up, invoke, arouse, swipe, reverse, airlift, fire, revoke, evoke, rear, produce, face-lift, rustle, countermand, heighten

33. liftverb

    remove (hair) by scalping

    Synonyms:
    hook, rise, nobble, wind, cabbage, vacate, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, go up, pinch, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, raise, sneak, get up, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, face-lift, rustle, countermand

34. liftverb

    remove from a seedbed or from a nursery

    "lift the tulip bulbs"

    Synonyms:
    hook, rise, nobble, wind, cabbage, vacate, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, go up, pinch, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, raise, sneak, get up, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, face-lift, rustle, countermand

35. liftverb

    remove from a surface

    "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"

    Synonyms:
    hook, rise, nobble, wind, cabbage, vacate, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, go up, pinch, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, raise, sneak, get up, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, face-lift, rustle, countermand

36. face-lift, liftverb

    perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

    Synonyms:
    hook, rise, nobble, wind, cabbage, vacate, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, go up, pinch, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, raise, sneak, get up, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, face-lift, rustle, countermand

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1. liftverb

   Synonyms:
   raise, elevate, lift up

2. liftnoun

   Synonyms:
   lifting, raising

3. liftnoun

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] aid, assistance, help

4. liftnoun

   Synonyms:
   rise (as of a lock in canals), degree of elevation

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1. liftnoun

   Synonyms:
   lifting, raising, elevation, help, assistance, aid, elevator, dumb waiter

2. liftverb

   Synonyms:
   raise, elevate

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1. List of paraphrases for "lift":

   lifts, lifting, elevator, raise, lifted, riser, hoist, elevation, lifter, remove, waive, hoisting, raising, abolish, waiver, adjourn, raises, adjournment, pumping, follower, live, levage, repeal, escalator, withdraw

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1. Phil Orlando:

   The knee-jerk reaction on the Fed lift-off is negative, we think the Fed lift-off is a positive for the economy and stocks, because it means the Fed is rubber-stamping the fact they truly believe the economy is strong enough.

2. Ecclesiastes 4910 Bible:

   Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help lift him up.

3. Matt Kaufler:

   The net enthusiasm in the market is reflective of hopes that the Greek crisis is going to be resolved here shortly, draghi's policy is starting to show some lift in the euro zone's aggregate inflation rate, albeit a marginal one, but nonetheless a lift.

4. Marty Bucella:

   When it comes to staying young, a mind lift beats a face lift any day.

5. George Gordon Byron:

   Yes, Love indeed is light from heaven A spark of that immortal fire With angels shared, by Allah given To lift from earth our low desire.