Lift

//lɪft//

Synonyms for "lift" (473 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Strong matches (142)

comber comfort conduct confiscate convey cop cope copy crab crane crash crib dash defraud deify derrick dignify dirty water disappear discharge

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Verb(12 words)

come up countermand elevate face-lift filch flog get up go up hoist hook kipe knock off

Noun(7 words)

cosmetic surgery elevation face lift face lifting facelift heave lockage

Related words (236)

loot lop lug magnify make make accounts square make an improvement make off with manhandle meliorate melioration mend mending mount moving staircase nick nip noosphere nurture olympian heights

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pack palm pay in full pay off pay the bill pay the shot pay up peak perk up pick up pickup pillage pinch pirate poach pocket popple preferment progress progression promote promotion pry purloin purloining quiver raise up rear rear up reassurance recall recovery redeem refine refine upon reform relief relieve repeal rescind restoration retire reverse revival revoke ride riffle rigging rip off rip-off ripple rise and fall rising ground rob robbery rocket roll roller rope rough water run away with rush rush of emotion satisfy scend scoop scrounge sea send sensation set up settle shiver shoplift shudder ski tow sky smash snake snare snatch snitch soar socialize spin square square accounts starry heaven steal stealage stealing steep stick up stimulus stop straighten out stratosphere strike a balance succor sunday drive support surf surge surge of emotion swell swindle swipe tackle take take away take up terminate the blue the blue serene theft thieve thievery thieving thrill throw throw up thrust tidal bore tidal wave tide wave tingle tingling titillation toss tote touch tower transfigure transform transport tremor tremor of excitement trough tsunami turn over a new leaf undulate undulation up upbeat upbuoy upcast upgrade upheave uphoist uphold upping upraise uprear uprise upswing upthrow uptrend upward mobility vanish vantage ground vantage point vault vault of heaven void vulture waft walk off with water wave wave wavelet whirl whisk white horses whitecaps windlass wing withdraw zenith

Verb(27 words)

mooch move up nobble overturn pilfer pinch plagiarise plagiarize prig pump purloin raise rape rear repeal rescind reverse revoke rise rustle

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snarf sneak sniggle swipe uprise vacate wind

Noun(11 words)

nip and tuck raise raising rhytidectomy rhytidoplasty ride rise ski lift ski tow thrust welkin

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

14 relation types

More general

77 entries

actuation aerodynamic force aid alter ameliorate amend anaplasty appear ascension ascent assist assistance bed better bring up buckle

Showing 16 of 77 words.

More specific

1 entries

airlift

Antonyms

9 entries

depress down lower put put down putting putting down set set down

Synonyms

21 entries

aerodynamic lift aid air airlift assistance atmosphere elevate elevation elevator exalt face lift hoist pilfer plagiarize raise revoke

Showing 16 of 21 words.

Related terms

1 entries

escalator

causes

1 entries

rise

coordinate

1 entries

liftup

derived

113 entries

Brazilian butt lift Poma lift aerial lift airlift arse lift ass lift backlift bike lift boat lift boatlift booklift breastlift browlift butt lift button lift

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

loft

has context

13 entries

australia british computing dance dialectal engineering historical measurement nautical new zealand programming slang uk

is a

6 entries

aid device drive layer propulsion wave

manner of

10 entries

call change dig end heave liquidate move remove scalp utter

part of

1 entries

heel

related to

153 entries

action action upward air aircraft airplane airplane principle alleviate aloft arms ascend atmosphere balance ban bear bench bench press

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Translations

409 translations across 123 languages.

Afrikaans

3 entries

hysbak noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
oplig verb (to raise or rise)
steel verb (to steal)

Albanian

2 entries

ashensor noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
ngre verb (to raise or rise)

Amharic

1 entries

አሳንሰር noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

αἴρω verb (to raise or rise)
βαστάζω verb (to raise or rise)
ἀείρω verb (to raise or rise)

Arabic

4 entries

أسنسير noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
أَصَنْصير noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
أَصَنْصير noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
أَصَنْصِير noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Armenian

2 entries

լիֆտ noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
վերելակ noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Assamese

4 entries

উঠোৱা verb (to raise or rise)
উঠোৱা verb (to raise or rise)
তোলা verb (to raise or rise)
তোলা verb (to raise or rise)

Asturian

2 entries

ascensor noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
alzar verb (to raise or rise)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

lift noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
aradan qaldırmaq verb (to remove a ban, restriction)
irəli çəkmək verb (to elevate or improve in rank)
irəli çəkmək verb (to elevate or improve in rank)

Basque

1 entries

igogailu noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Belarusian

4 entries

ліфт noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
пад'ёмнік noun (permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically)
падня́ць verb (to raise or rise)
падніма́ць verb (to raise or rise)

Bengali

1 entries

লিফট noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Bulgarian

4 entries

асансьо́р noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
вдигане noun (act of lifting or raising)
лифт noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
поде́м noun (upward force — see also buoyancy)

Burmese

1 entries

ဓာတ်လှေကား noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Catalan

3 entries

ascensor noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
aixecar verb (to raise or rise)
alçar verb (to raise or rise)

Cebuano

3 entries

aswat verb (to raise or rise)
baswat verb (to raise or rise)
hangwat verb (to raise or rise)

Chinese

3 entries

дянти noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
升降機 /升降机 noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
電梯 /电梯 noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries

升降機 /升降机 noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
電梯 /电梯 noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
𨋢 /䢂 noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

升降機 /升降机 noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
電梯 /电梯 noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
举 verb (to raise or rise)

Cornish

1 entries

yskynnell noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

kötermek verb (to raise or rise)

Czech

4 entries

vztlak noun (upward force — see also buoyancy)
výtah noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
zdvihání noun (act of lifting or raising)
zdvihání noun (act of lifting or raising)

Dalmatian

1 entries

alzur verb (to raise or rise)

Danish

4 entries

elevator noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
løft noun (upward force — see also buoyancy)
hæve verb (to raise or rise)
løfte verb (to raise or rise)

Dari

1 entries

لِفْت noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Dutch

4 entries

lift noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
heffen verb (to raise or rise)
opheffen verb (to raise or rise)
rijzen verb (to raise or rise)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

機器梯 /机器梯 noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Esperanto

2 entries

lifto noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
levi verb (to raise or rise)

Estonian

1 entries

lift noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Faroese

1 entries

lyfta noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Finnish

4 entries

hissi noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
korkolappu noun (shoemaking: layer of leather in the heel of a shoe)
mielialan parannus noun (improvement in mood)
nostaminen noun (act of lifting or raising)

French

4 entries

ascenseur noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
levée noun (act of lifting or raising)
portance noun (upward force — see also buoyancy)
lever verb (to raise or rise)

Friulian

1 entries

jevâ verb (to raise or rise)

Galician

1 entries

ascensor noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Georgian

4 entries

ლიფტი noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
ატანა verb (to raise or rise)
აყვანა verb (to raise or rise)
აწევა verb (to raise or rise)

German

4 entries

Auftrieb noun (upward force — see also buoyancy)
Aufzug noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
Fahrstuhl noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
Hebefigur noun (dance: lifting of a dance partner into the air)

Greek

4 entries

άνωση noun (upward force — see also buoyancy)
ανελκυστήρας noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
ασανσέρ noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
ανυψώνω verb (to raise or rise)

Hebrew

2 entries

מַעֲלִית noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
מַתְלֶה noun (nautical: rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below)

Hindi

4 entries

उच्चालित्र noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
उत्थापक noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
लिफ़्ट noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
लिफ्ट noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Hungarian

4 entries

felvonó noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
lift noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
páternoszter noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
személyfelvonó noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Icelandic

1 entries

lyfta noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Ido

2 entries

acensilo noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
levar verb (to raise or rise)

Indonesian

3 entries

daya angkat noun (upward force — see also buoyancy)
lift noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
angkat verb (to raise or rise)

Ingrian

2 entries

nostaa verb (to raise or rise)
ylentää verb (to raise or rise)

Interlingua

1 entries

levar verb (to raise or rise)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

آسانْسور noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
بالابَر noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Irish

2 entries

ardaitheoir noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
tóg verb (to raise or rise)

Italian

4 entries

ascensore noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
ascensore noun (permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically)
dislivello noun (difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway)
montacarichi noun (permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically)

Japanese

2 entries

エレベーター noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
昇降機 noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries

isa verb (to raise or rise)

Kannada

2 entries

ಎತ್ತುಗ noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
ಏರಿಳಿಯಂತ್ರ noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Kazakh

2 entries

көтергіш noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
лифт noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Khmer

3 entries

ជណ្ដើរយោង noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
អាស់សង់ស័រ noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
លើក verb (to raise or rise)

Korean

2 entries

승강기 noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
엘리베이터 noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Kumyk

1 entries

гётермек verb (to raise or rise)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

көтөргүч noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
лифт noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Lao

4 entries

ຂັ້ນໄດໄຟຟ້າ noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
ລິບ noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
ລິຟ noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
ຍົກ verb (to raise or rise)

Latgalian

1 entries

ceļt verb (to raise or rise)

Latin

3 entries

anabathrum noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
pēgma noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
tollō verb (to raise or rise)

Latvian

2 entries

lifts noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
celt verb (to raise or rise)

Lithuanian

2 entries

liftas noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
kélti verb (to raise or rise)

Lombard

1 entries

alzà verb (to raise or rise)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

hiewen verb (to raise or rise)

Macedonian

4 entries

лифт noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
дига verb (to raise or rise)
дига verb (to steal)
крева verb (to raise or rise)

Malay

2 entries

lif noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
angkat verb (to raise or rise)

Malayalam

1 entries

ലിഫ്റ്റ് noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Maltese

1 entries

lift noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Marathi

2 entries

उद्वाहक noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
लिफ्ट noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Mirandese

2 entries

albador noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
eilebador noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Mongolian

4 entries

лифт noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
цахилгаан шат noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
ᠯᠢᠹᠲ noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
ᠴᠠᠬᠢᠯᠭᠠᠨ ᠱᠠᠲᠤ noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Māori

4 entries

ararewa noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
hiki verb (to raise or rise)
huataki verb (to raise or rise)
hāpai verb (to raise or rise)

Nahuatl

2 entries

acuanhuaztli noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
tepantlacoc noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Navajo

4 entries

dego dóó yaago iłnídílzhoʼí noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
hoł háádaalchʼąłígíí noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
hoł háádaalwoʼígíí noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
hoł háádaalzhoʼígíí noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Neapolitan

1 entries

trammammuro noun (permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically)

Nepali

1 entries

लिफ्ट noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Norman

2 entries

ascenseux noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
êl'ver verb (to raise or rise)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

hildan verb (to raise or rise)

Norwegian

3 entries

heve verb (to raise or rise)
loppe verb (to steal)
løfte verb (to raise or rise)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

heis noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
løft noun (upward force — see also buoyancy)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

heis noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Occitan

1 entries

auçar verb (to raise or rise)

Old English

2 entries

hebban verb (to raise or rise)
stelan verb (to steal)

Old Saxon

2 entries

hebbian verb (to raise or rise)
stelan verb (to steal)

Ossetian

1 entries

лифт noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Pashto

3 entries

اسانسور noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
لفت noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
لېفټ noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Ellewäta noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Polish

4 entries

dźwig noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
siła nośna noun (upward force — see also buoyancy)
winda noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
wyciąg noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Portuguese

4 entries

ascensor noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
elevador noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
sustentação noun (upward force — see also buoyancy)
abafar verb (to steal)

Quechua

1 entries

huq'ariy verb (to raise or rise)

Romanian

3 entries

ascensor noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
lift noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
ridica verb (to raise or rise)

Russian

4 entries

лифт noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
подде́ржка noun (dance: lifting of a dance partner into the air)
подня́тие noun (dance: lifting of a dance partner into the air)
подъём noun (upward force — see also buoyancy)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

lioft noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
tog verb (to raise or rise)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

dȉzalo noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
lȉft noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
ди̏зало noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
ли̏фт noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Sinhalese

1 entries

ආරෝහකය noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Slovak

4 entries

lift noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
výťah noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
zdvih noun (act of lifting or raising)
zdvihnúť verb (to raise or rise)

Slovene

3 entries

dvigalo noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
dvigniti verb (to raise or rise)
krasti verb (to steal)

Sotho

3 entries

lefite noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
phahamisa verb (to raise or rise)
utswa verb (to steal)

Southern Altai

1 entries

кӧдӱрер verb (to raise or rise)

Spanish

4 entries

ascensor noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
elevador noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
sustentación aérea noun (upward force — see also buoyancy)
sustentamiento aerodinámico noun (upward force — see also buoyancy)

Swahili

3 entries

eleveta noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
kipandishi noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
lifti noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Swedish

4 entries

hiss noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
lyft noun (upward force — see also buoyancy)
lyfta verb (to raise or rise)
snatta verb (to steal)

Tagalog

1 entries

asensor noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Tajik

1 entries

лифт noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Tamil

2 entries

உயர்த்தி noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
மின்தூக்கி noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Tatar

2 entries

күтәргеч noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
лифт noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Telugu

2 entries

ఎలివేటర్ noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
లిఫ్ట్ noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Thai

2 entries

ลิฟต์ noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
ยก verb (to raise or rise)

Tibetan

3 entries

གློག་གི་སྐས་འཛེགས noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
བཀྱགས verb (to raise or rise)
བཏེགས verb (to raise or rise)

Tocharian B

1 entries

täl verb (to raise or rise)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

liptimapim verb (to raise or rise)

Turkish

4 entries

asansör noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
götürge noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
hırsızlık yapmak verb (to steal)
kaldırmak verb (to raise or rise)

Turkmen

1 entries

lift noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ліфт noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
підйо́м noun (upward force — see also buoyancy)
підйо́мник noun (permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically)
підійма́ч noun (permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically)

Urdu

3 entries

بالا بَر noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
رافِع noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
لِفْٹ noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Uyghur

2 entries

لىفت noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
لېفىت noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Uzbek

2 entries

lift noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
ko’tarmoq verb (to raise or rise)

Venetan

2 entries

alsar verb (to raise or rise)
łevar verb (to raise or rise)

Vietnamese

3 entries

thang máy noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
nhấc verb (to raise or rise)
nâng verb (to raise or rise)

Volapük

1 entries

lift noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Welsh

3 entries

codi noun (act of lifting or raising)
codiad noun (act of lifting or raising)
lifft noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

West-Frisian

1 entries

lift noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

電梯 /电梯 noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Yiddish

1 entries

ליפֿט noun (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Sample sentences

46 total sentences available.

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Give me a lift in your car.

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We can lift the restrictions on imports once the joint agreement is signed.

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Yoshio helped me lift the box up.

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Let me give you a lift as far as the station.

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Lift

Synonyms for "lift" (473 found)

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Bengali

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Cebuano

Chinese

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Cornish

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Czech

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Dari

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Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

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Friulian

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