Synonyms for resurrect
ˌrɛz əˈrɛkt

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. resurrect, raise, upraise(verb)

   cause to become alive again

   "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"

   Synonyms:
   kindle, farm, rise, put forward, leaven, upgrade, provoke, elevate, uprise, recruit, upraise, enkindle, put up, heighten, stir, elicit, advance, conjure, lift, fire, arouse, grow, bring up, invoke, conjure up, nurture, levy, promote, prove, erect, raise, call down, get up, produce, call forth, set up, kick upstairs, evoke, rear, parent, revive, enhance

2. revive, resurrect(verb)

   restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state

   "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina"

   Synonyms:
   repair, rise, uprise, animate, recreate, resuscitate, raise, vivify, upraise, renovate, revive, quicken, come to, reanimate, revivify

3. resurrect, rise, uprise(verb)

   return from the dead

   "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"

   Synonyms:
   rise, prove, bristle, grow, get up, spring up, revive, lift, upraise, develop, surface, arise, turn out, go up, come up, rear, mount, heighten, move up, originate, climb up, ascend, wax, stand up, uprise, rise up, jump, rebel, climb, raise

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   resuscitate, revive, revitalise

How to use resurrect in a sentence?

1. Abhijit Shaw:

   We will have to resurrect an entire city.

2. Mike Nuss:

   We've had to scramble and resurrect our training.

3. Antoine Sambin:

   We decided to resurrect one tram car from the 1920s, it has a very unique design.

4. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   If you have the power to resurrect the dead man, firstly, be sure that he is a good man!

5. Gabe Saglie:

   If The Greeks does, in fact, exit the euro and resurrect the drachma, that currency would also likely be devalued, making The Greeks an even bigger travel bargain.

Words popularity by usage frequency

Images & Illustrations of resurrect