uplift
Raise someone's mood
Uplift carries the idea of raising something up.
Physically, geological forces uplift land masses.
Emotionally or spiritually, something uplifts you by improving your mood or elevating your spirit: The music was genuinely uplifting.
As a noun, uplift refers to this elevation—moral uplift, spiritual uplift, or the geological raising of terrain.
A bra provides uplift in the most literal sense.
Stir to action
- encourageUrge forward with support
- heartenTo give courage
- buoyTethered nautical signal
- cheerJoyfulness or encouragement
motivate · invigorate · animate · rouse · galvanize · energize · exhilarate · enliven
Forward movement or promotion
- improvementPositive change in quality
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- progressMovement toward improvement
- reformImprove by correcting faults
betterment · elevation · empowerment · opportunity · mobility · prosperity · welfare · equity
Of crustal forces
- thrustForceful forward motion
- faultImperfection or blame
- plateauFlat highland area
- mountainTall natural landmass
elevation · terrain · escarpment · ridge · highland · landmass · crust · orogeny
Make something feasible
- strengthenMake more robust
- liberateSet free from captivity
- emancipateGrant freedom to
- fortifyMake stronger against threat
equip · capacitate · validate · advocate · promote · advance · champion · support
Surpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- ascensionMovement to higher position
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
soul · faith · grace · redemption · blessing · prayer · meditation · nirvana
raise
Lift or increase
ascend · upraise · upheave · upthrust · levitate · crane · mount · soar · skyward · upward
inspire
Stir to action
cheer · motivate · invigorate · animate · rouse · galvanize · energize · exhilarate · enliven · brighten
advancement
Forward movement or promotion
- improvementPositive change in quality
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- progressMovement toward improvement
reform · betterment · elevation · empowerment · opportunity · mobility · prosperity · welfare · equity · justice
tectonic
Of crustal forces
mountain · elevation · terrain · escarpment · ridge · highland · landmass · crust · orogeny · formation
enable
Make something feasible
- strengthenMake more robust
- liberateSet free from captivity
- emancipateGrant freedom to
fortify · equip · capacitate · validate · advocate · promote · advance · champion · support · back
transcendence
Surpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- ascensionMovement to higher position
divinity · soul · faith · grace · redemption · blessing · prayer · meditation · nirvana · moksha
- encouragementencourage, encouraging, praises, hang in there, supports
- Going Upclimb, rise, rising, upward, soaring
- preachingsermonizing, homiletics, altar call, scripture reading, closing prayer
- orogenyorogeny, mountain building, folding, faulting, nappe
- helpingaid, assist, give a hand, help, helping hand
- supportsupport, emotional support, moral support, support group, stand by
upliftdepress
Lower or sadden
discourage · demoralize · dishearten · dispirit · deflate