Synonyms for hoist
hɔɪst or, sometimes, haɪsthoist

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1. hoistverb

   lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects

2. 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, thread, wrap, twist, annul, elevate, uprise, lift, 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

3. hoistverb

   move from one place to another by lifting

   "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table"

   Synonyms:
   wind, run up, lift

4. hoist, run upverb

   raise

   "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"

   Synonyms:
   sew, chalk up, wind, lift, run up, stitch, sew together

Matched Categories

1. • Lift
   • Raise

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1. hoistverb

   Synonyms:
   raise, lift, elevate, heave, raise up

2. hoistnoun

   Synonyms:
   lift

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1. List of paraphrases for "hoist":

   winch, riser, lift, hanger, lifter, lifting, elevation

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How to use hoist in a sentence?

1. Collin Morikawa:

   You just see more guys slowly taking their deep breaths because they understand what The Players means, i think I've understood over the past couple years what it would mean to me hopefully to hoist a trophy one day.

2. Henry Louis Mencken:

   Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

3. Ken Burchell:

   We certainly do hoist rescues, we do med-evacs, we search for snipers, we do aerial coordination, we do all of those things, but at Navy Yard, we had to do all those things at once, and that was a huge challenge.

4. H. L. Mencken:

   Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.

5. Sandy Todd Webster:

   This is not your mother's resistance band training protocol, i was able to hoist my own body weight up and feel success immediately.