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Another word for uphold

Verb

  1. To move (something) to a higher position

    2. See also:

    rise

  2. To keep from yielding or failing during stress or difficulty

    3. See also:

    help

  3. To sustain the weight of

    4. See also:

    support

  4. To aid the cause of by approving or favoring

    5. Idioms:
    See also:

    support

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Another word for uphold

Verb

  1. To hold up

    2. See also:

    support

  2. To maintain

    3. See also:

    support

    support

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • Constantine accepted the decision of the council and resolved to uphold it.

  • The government also sought to make criminals of some use to the state, by placing them in a situation where they could do little harm to society, and might help to uphold the dominion of their nation.

  • The government also sought to make criminals of some use to the state, by placing them in a situation where they could do little harm to society, and might help to uphold the dominion of their nation.

  • Manoel swore to uphold the constitution and was acclaimed king by the cortes.

  • Franklin wrote a paper on the causes of earthquakes for his Gazette of the 15th of December 1737; and he eagerly collected material to uphold his theory that waterspouts and whirlwinds resulted from the same causes.

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