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. Clement Alexander Price:

   “We are drawn to the Harlem Renaissance because of the hope for black uplift and interracial interaction and empathy that it embodied and because there is a certain element of romanticism associated with the era’s creativity, its seemingly larger-than-life heroes and heroines, and its most brilliantly lit terrain, Harlem, USA.”

2. Sneha Revanur:

   We're fighting for a future in which technology can be used to uplift, and not to oppress.

3. Rebecca Aneloski:

   We encourage people to do business while they're there, not just show up and take a photo. We definitely want to uplift these local businesses, we think too that if they are going to make their place pretty Instagrammable, it's almost expected in this day and age to have people snapping photos in that space.

4. 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.

5. Tiffany Friesen:

   People liked what it stood for, what it meant, we weren't just changing it from Confederate because it was too long or too cumbersome or old-fashioned. We were changing it because it stood for something that we didn't care to uplift. And if we're going to replace it, let's replace it with something we do want to uplift.