Synonyms for uplift
ʌpˈlɪft; ˈʌpˌlɪftup·lift

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1. uplift

   Synonyms:
   advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise

   Antonyms:
   abase, bring low, cast down, debase, degrade, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, reduce, sink

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1. upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrustnoun

   (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

   Synonyms:
   agitation, excitement, upthrust, turbulence, turmoil, convulsion, hullabaloo, upthrow, upheaval

2. upliftverb

   a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts

   Synonyms:
   upheaval, upthrust, upthrow

3. elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicateverb

   fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

   "Music can uplift your spirits"

   Synonyms:
   nail, percolate, call for, perk, lift up, perk up, get wind, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, learn, collect, catch, turn around, apprehend, receive, soak, find out, discover, intoxicate, pick up, peck, nab, arrest, inebriate, collar, cop, see

4. upliftverb

   lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces

   "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town"

   Synonyms:
   intoxicate, pick up, lift up, elate

5. upliftverb

   lift up or elevate

   Synonyms:
   intoxicate, pick up, lift up, elate

Matched Categories

1. • Push Up
   • Rise
   • Stimulate

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1. List of paraphrases for "uplift":

   uprising, heave, heaving, pull-out, pullout, lifting, upheaval

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1. Marco Attisani:

   This technology does not patronize them with water wells, i'm not at all criticizing this solution but you can't uplift a community around the world in the 21st Century by digging wells. People are made of water, but they need much more than water. You need to bring the 21st Century technology. You need to bring there water, yes; electricity which is the fire of the modern era, and connectivity because if you are off-line you are not in the present.

2. Randi Weingarten:

   We are constantly trying to help our students, particularly our middle, high school and postsecondary students, separate fact from fiction, as we help them develop their critical-thinking and analytical skills, newsGuard is a great tool in this regard. It is a beacon of clarity to expose the dark depths of the internet and uplift those outlets committed to truth and honesty rather than falsehoods and fabrications.

3. Sheryll Cashin:

   He was talking about vandals, but he was still participating in a very specific anti-Black idea, part of why it's so challenging to pursue humane policies that can uplift people in high-poverty areas is because we supply a lens of presumed thug -- instead of presumed citizen.

4. Daniel Meier:

   It's a unique flying machine which is safe enough to interact with. So you can touch it in flight; it's basically filled with helium which provides most of the uplift.

5. Steve Saunders:

   Satellites are monitoring the gas and temperatures and we're monitoring deformation to see if we have any uplift.