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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strengthen, augment |
| Synonyms: | add fuel to fire, add to, back up, beef up, bolster, boost, build up, buttress, carry, emphasize, energize, enlarge, fortify, harden, heat up, hype, increase, lend a hand, multiply, pick up, pillar, prop, prop up, punch up, shore up, soup up, stand up for, stiffen, stress, stroke, supplement, support, sustain, toughen, underline |
| Antonyms: | subtract, take away, undermine, weaken |
| Main Entry: | return |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go back, turn back |
| Synonyms: | back up, bounce back, circle back, come again, come back, double back, go again, hark back to, move back, react, reappear, rebound, recoil, reconsider, recrudesce, recur, reel back, reenter, reexamine, reoccur, repair, repeat, retire, retrace steps, retreat, revert, revisit, revolve, rotate, turn |
| Antonyms: | depart, leave |
| Main Entry: | reverse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn upside down or backwards |
| Synonyms: | about-face, back, back up, backpedal, backtrack, capsize, double back, evaginate, evert, exchange, flip-flop, go back, go backwards, interchange, inverse, invert, move backwards, overturn, rearrange, retreat, revert, shift, switch, transfer, transplace, transpose, turn around, turn back, turn over, upend, upset |
| Notes: | contrary describes something that contradicts a proposition, converse is used when the elements of a proposition are reversed, opposite pertains to that which is diametrically opposed to a proposition, and reverse can mean each of those the side of a coin or medal with the main design is the obverse (head), and the other is the reverse (tail) |
| Main Entry: | second |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | support, advance a suggestion |
| Synonyms: | aid, approve, assist, back, back up, encourage, endorse, forward, further, give moral support, go along with, promote, stand by, uphold |
| Antonyms: | move |
| Main Entry: | strengthen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage, hearten |
| Synonyms: | animate, back, back up, bear out, bloom, brace, brace up, burgeon, carry weight, cheer, consolidate, embolden, enhearten, enliven, flourish, flower, fortify, gather resources, gird, give weight, harden, inspirit, invigorate, nerve, nourish, prepare, prosper, rally, ready, refresh, rejuvenate, restore, steel, substantiate, temper, thrive, toughen, uphold |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dishearten, dissuade, weaken |
| Main Entry: | substitute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | interchange, exchange |
| Synonyms: | act for, alternate, answer for, back up, be in place of, change, commute, cover for, deputize, displace, do the work of, double for, fill in for, fill one's position, go as, proxy, relieve, replace, serve in one's stead, spell, stand for, stand in for, sub, supersede, supplant, swap, swap places with, switch, take another's place, take over |
| Main Entry: | supplant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | displace, replace |
| Synonyms: | back up, bounce, cast out, crowd, cut out, eject, expel, fill in, force, force out, front for, oust, outplace, overthrow, remove, ring, ring in, sit in, stand in, substitute, succeed, supersede, swap places with, take out, take over, take the place of, transfer, undermine, unseat, usurp |
| Main Entry: | uphold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | maintain, support |
| Synonyms: | advocate, aid, assist, back, back up, bolster, boost, brace, buoy up, buttress, carry, champion, confirm, countenance, defend, elevate, encourage, endorse, help, hoist, hold to, hold up one's end, justify, pick up, promote, prop, raise, rear, second, shore up, side with, stand by, stick by, stick up for, sustain, take up, upbear, uplift, upraise, uprear, vindicate |
| Antonyms: | weaken |
| Main Entry: | beef up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strengthen |
| Synonyms: | add, amplify, augment, back up, boost, brace, fortify, increase, intensify, reinforce, shore, support |
| Antonyms: | decrease, diminish, weaken |
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