uplift

1. 1.

   (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

   Synonymsupheavalupthrowupthrust

   Broaderrise

   geology

2. 2.

   a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts

   Broaderbrassiere

Other forms of uplift

plural

uplifts·

past tense

uplifted·

present participle

uplifting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about uplift

What does uplift mean?

uplift means "fill with high spirits; fill with optimism". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in uplift?

uplift has 2 syllables: up-lift. The stress falls on "up". In IPA it is /ˈʌplɪft/.

What is another word for uplift?

Close synonyms include elate, lift up, pick up, intoxicate, upheaval. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is uplift a common word?

uplift is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.