uplift

1. 1.

   fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

   “Music can uplift your spirits”

   Synonymselatelift uppick upintoxicate

   Broaderstimulate

   Narrowerbeatifypuffexhilarate
2. 2.

   lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces

   “the earth's movement uplifted this part of town”

   Broaderrise
3. 3.

   lift up or elevate

   Broaderpush up

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.