lift | Definition of lift

lift

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of lift

1 to move from a lower to a higher place or position

I needed help lifting the heavy globe back up to the top shelf

Synonyms of lift

boost, crane, elevate, heave, heft, heighten, hike, hoist, jack (up), perk (up), pick up, raise, take up, up, uphold, uplift, upraise

Words Related to lift

ascend, mount, rise

Near Antonyms of lift

descend, dip, fall, pitch, plunge, slip

bear, depress, press, push

Antonyms of lift

2 to move or extend upward

once the sun started to cut through the morning fog, the colorful hot-air balloons began to lift off from the field

Synonyms of lift

arise, ascend, aspire, climb, mount, rise, soar, thrust, up, uprear, uprise, upthrust, upturn

Words Related to lift

boost, elevate, raise, upheave, uplift, upraise

balloon, blast off, take off, zoom

crest, scale, surmount, top

cant, incline, lean, list, recline, slant, slope, tilt, tip

Near Antonyms of lift

dive, nose-dive, plummet, sink, slide

Antonyms of lift

decline, descend, dip, drop, fall (off), plunge

3 to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep

she turned her back for just a moment, and somebody lifted her purse

Synonyms of lift

appropriate, boost [slang], filch, heist, hook, misappropriate, nick [British slang], nip, pilfer, pinch, pocket, purloin, rip off, snitch, steal, swipe, thieve

Words Related to lift

burglarize, knock over, rob

loot, pillage, plunder, sack

carjack, hijack (also highjack)

poach, rustle, shoplift

collar, grab, grasp, nail, seize, snatch, take

abduct, kidnap, shanghai, spirit

Phrases Synonymous with lift

make away with, make off with, run off with, walk off with

Near Antonyms of lift

bestow, contribute, donate, give, hand over, present