Hold Up Synonyms and Antonyms

To show
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. exhibit
  2. raise high
  3. stand up
  4. elevate
  5. hold-water
To delay
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. delay
  2. stop
  3. pause
  4. interfere with
  5. detain
Antonyms:
  1. allow
  2. permit
  3. continue
  4. forward
  5. promote
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To rob forcibly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. waylay
  2. burglarize
  3. steal from
  4. stick up
  5. mug
Antonyms:
  1. give
Continue to live through hardship or adversity
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. survive
  2. last
  3. live
  4. live-on
  5. go
  6. endure
  7. hold out
Antonyms:
  1. rush
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Words Related to Hold Up

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Hold Up Sentence Examples

  • Sarah couldn't hold up any longer.

  • I'm not sure your mortal body will hold up much longer down here.

  • It was an off-the-shoulder style with spaghetti straps to hold up the bodice and a full skirt that made her waist look small.

  • Palestine, being less shut in and enjoying a comparatively large general rainfall, would be still a land " flowing with milk and honey " had its forests not been destroyed, and the terracing, which used to hold up soil on the highlands, been maintained.

  • Its political leaders in the House of Delegates are restive under the control exercised by the Executive Council, but an attempt to hold up necessary appropriations resulted in the passage in July 1909 of an act continuing the appropriations of the previous year, whenever for any cause the lower house fails to pass the necessary financial legislation.

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