Thesaurus
raise
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of RAISE
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to bring to maturity through care and education <since she was only two when her mother died, the girl was raised mainly by her aunt>
Related Words father, mother; attend, care (for), cradle, cultivate, mind, minister (to), nurture, watch; discipline, educate, instruct, mentor, school, teach, train, tutor; edify, enlighten, indoctrinate; feed, provide (for), supply; advance, forward, further, promote; prepare; direct, guide, lead, shepherd, show
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to bring (something volatile or intense) into being <a proposal to cover the library's red brick with vinyl siding raised a mighty ruckus with those favoring historical preservation>
Related Words advance, cultivate, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote, sow, stimulate; detonate, set, set off, trigger; excite, galvanize, inflame (also enflame), inspire, motivate, rouse; activate, energize, enliven, fire, invigorate, jazz (up), liven (up), pep (up), quicken, stimulate, vitalize
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to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved) <the lawsuit raised old hatreds that had never been completely extinguished>
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to form by putting together parts or materials <raised a memorial on the site of the accident in memory of those who had been killed>
Synonyms assemble, confect, construct, erect, fabricate, make, make up, piece, put up, raise, rear, set up
Related Words carpenter, fashion, forge, frame, hammer, handcraft, manufacture, mold, produce, shape; prefabricate; begin, coin, create, generate, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, invent, originate; constitute, establish, father, found, institute, organize; conceive, concoct, contrive, cook (up), design, devise, imagine, think (up); reassemble, rebuild, reconstruct, redevelop, reedify [British], retrofit; jerry-build, rig (up), throw up; combine, unite
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to make greater in size, amount, or number <the multiplex raised the minimum age for paid admissions from four to six>
Synonyms accelerate, add (to), aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build up, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, hype, multiply, pump up, raise, swell, stoke, supersize, up
Related Words boom, jump, skyrocket, spike; bump (up), ratchet (up) also rachet (up); blow up, dilate, distend, inflate; draw out, elongate, flesh (out), lengthen, prolong, protract, stretch; develop, enhance, heighten, intensify, magnify; complement, supplement; beef (up), reinforce (also reenforce), strengthen; maximize; accumulate, amass, collect; follow up, parlay
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to move higher in rank or position <he was recently raised to lieutenant in the fire department>
Related Words forward, further; aggrandize, boost, heighten, improve, lift, uplift; commission, ennoble, knight; acclaim, applaud, celebrate, cite, commend, compliment, congratulate, decorate; eulogize, exalt, extol (also extoll), glorify, hail, honor, laud, praise, salute
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to present or bring forward for discussion <one member of the tour raised the subject of appropriate attire for visits to sacred sites in the Holy Land>
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to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion) <too afraid to raise an objection>
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