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Raise

🔄 Synonyms of "Raise"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
elicitverb	To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
advancenoun	To help the progress of (something); to further.
enhanceverb	To augment or make something greater.
evokeverb	(transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
promoteverb	(transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
heaveverb	(transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
produceverb	(transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
conjureverb	(transitive) To evoke.
provokeverb	(transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
invokeverb	(transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
stirverb	(transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.
arouseverb	(transitive) To stimulate or induce (feelings); pique.
risenoun	(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
elevateverb	(transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position.
nurtureverb	The act or process of encouraging the growth or development of something.
set upverb	(transitive) To make ready for use.
firenoun	(uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
liftverb	(ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
erectverb	Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
proveverb	(transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
upgradeverb	An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
elevationnoun	The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
rearnoun	(transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
growverb	(ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
ascentnoun	The act of ascending; a motion upwards.

↔️ Antonyms of "Raise"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
breakverb	(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
declinenoun	The act of declining or refusing something.
levelnoun	The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
fallverb	(heading, intransitive) To be moved downwards.
descentnoun	An instance of descending; act of coming down.
lowerverb	Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
razeverb	(transitive) To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
dismantleverb	(transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
relegateverb	Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
bring downverb	(transitive) To make (a ruler or government) lose their position of power.
downslopenoun	Down a slope.
let downverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody.
demoteverb	(transitive) To lower the rank or status of.
declivitynoun	(geomorphology) The downward slope of a curve.
take downverb	To remove something from a website.
get downverb	(intransitive) To relax and enjoy oneself completely; be uninhibited in one's enjoyment.
pull downverb	(transitive) To make (something) lower (especially of clothes).
tear downverb	(transitive) To demolish.
kick downstairsverb	assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
bumpnoun	A light blow or jolting collision.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Raise"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
promoteverb	(transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
bring upverb	To mention.
heightenverb	To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
elevationnoun	The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
kick upstairsverb	(transitive, informal, idiomatic) To promote (an employee considered troublesome) to a position of lesser influence, but of apparently higher status.
elevateverb	(transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position.
enhanceverb	To augment or make something greater.
upraiseverb	(archaic) To raise something up; to elevate.
growverb	(ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
advanceverb	To help the progress of (something); to further.
liftverb	(ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
produceverb	(transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
riseverb	(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
get upverb	To rise from one's bed, usually upon waking up in order to begin one's day.
ascentnoun	The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
upgradeverb	(transitive) To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.
set upverb	(transitive) To make ready for use.
recruitverb	To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.
climbverb	(intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.
elicitverb	To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.