upend

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of UPEND

to achieve a victory over <the team won the division play-offs, but was upended in the final championship game>

Synonyms best, conquer, defeat, dispatch, do down [British], get, get around, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), skunk, stop, subdue, surmount, take, trim, triumph (over), upend, win (against), worst

Near Antonyms fall, give up, go down, go under; collapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, wash out

Antonyms lose (to)

to fix in an upright position <we had to upend the sofa in order to fit it into the elevator>

Synonyms pitch, put up, raise, rear, set up, upend, upraise

Related Words brace, buttress, prop (up), shore (up), support; boost, crane, elevate, heave, heft, heighten, hike, hoist, jack (up), lift, perk (up), pick up, up, uphold, uplift

Near Antonyms demolish, flatten, knock down, level, raze, tear down

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