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noun
increase in salary or position
Synonyms: accession, accretion, addition, advance, augmentation, boost, bump, hike, hold-up, increment, jump, jump-up, leg, leg-up, move-up, promotion, raising, rise, step-up
Antonyms: decrease, drop, reduction
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verb
lift; build from the ground
Synonyms: boost, bring up, construct, elevate, erect, establish, exalt, heave, hoist, hold up, lever, lift, lift up, mount, move up, place up, promote, pry, pull up, put on its end, put up, rear, run up, set up, set upright, shove, stand up, take up, throw up, upcast, upheave, uplift, upraise, uprear
Antonyms: demolish, destroy, drop, lower, raze
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verb
increase, augment
Synonyms: advance, aggravate, amplify, assemble, boost, build up, collect, congregate, congress, dignify, enhance, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, exalt, fetch up, forgather, form, gather, get, goose, goose up, heighten, hike, hike up, honor, inflate, intensify, jack up, jump, jump up, levy, look up, magnify, mass, mobilize, mushroom, muster, obtain, perk up, pick up, promote, put up, pyramid, rally, recruit, reinforce, rendezvous, run up, send through the roof, shoot up, snowball, strengthen, up
Antonyms: decrease, depress, diminish, lessen, lower, reduce
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verb
start up, motivate; introduce
Synonyms: abet, activate, advance, arouse, awaken, bring up, broach, cause, evoke, excite, foment, foster, incite, instigate, kindle, moot, motivate, provoke, put forward, resurrect, set, set on, stir up, suggest, whip up
Antonyms: conclude, finish, stop
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verb
nurture, care for
Synonyms: breed, bring up, cultivate, develop, drag up, fetch up, foster, group, grow, nourish, nurse, plant, produce, propagate, provide, rear, sow, suckle, support, train, wean
Antonyms: abandon, ignore, neglect, repress, suppress