Synonyms for Up held:

• adj.

  •backed (adjective)
  • bankrolled,
  • approved,
  • Seconded,
  • Helped,
  • Furthered,
  • Promoted,
  • sponsored,
  • aided,
  • assisted,
  • Boosted,
  • Upheld,
  • fostered,
  • Underwritten,
  • encouraged,
  • Advocated,
  • endorsed,
  • Propped,
  • Championed,
  • Bolstered,
  • favored,
  • financed.
  •endorsed (adjective)
  • recommended,
  • sealed,
  • concluded,
  • notarized,
  • attested,
  • blessed,
  • supported,
  • Legalized,
  • validated,
  • settled,
  • ratified,
  • affirmed,
  • ok'd boosted,
  • Commended,
  • sanctioned.
  •established (adjective)
  • found out,
  • ascertained,
  • sure,
  • substantiated,
  • proved,
  • verified,
  • objectified,
  • accepted,
  • assured,
  • guaranteed,
  • valid,
  • corroborated,
  • undeniable,
  • authenticated,
  • demonstrated,
  • certain,
  • Achieved,
  • identified,
  • determined,
  • closed,
  • confirmed.
  •upheld (adjective)
  • backed,
  • sustained,
  • maintained.

• v.

  •acknowledge (verb)
  • grant,
  • defer to,
  • allow,
  • accept,
  • certify,
  • subscribe to,
  • support,
  • own,
  • acquiesce,
  • recognize,
  • ratify,
  • approve,
  • yield,
  • uphold,
  • accede,
  • agree,
  • take an oath,
  • attest to.
  •advocate (verb)
  • recommend,
  • ride shotgun for,
  • further,
  • urge,
  • go with,
  • go for,
  • advise,
  • tout,
  • plug,
  • plump for,
  • give a lift,
  • root for,
  • argue for,
  • spread around,
  • push,
  • brace up,
  • run interference for,
  • plead for,
  • bless,
  • be in corner,
  • hold with,
  • propose,
  • speak for,
  • advance,
  • get on bandwagon,
  • go to bat for,
  • say so,
  • favor,
  • side,
  • press for,
  • campaign for,
  • give a leg up,
  • build up,
  • stump for.
  •approve (verb)
  • buy,
  • go along with,
  • okay,
  • sanction,
  • charter,
  • sign off on,
  • buy into,
  • authorize,
  • push for,
  • establish,
  • thumbs up,
  • give go-ahead,
  • make law,
  • consent,
  • permit,
  • get behind,
  • seal,
  • affirm,
  • dig,
  • hats off to,
  • accredit,
  • concur,
  • validate,
  • empower,
  • groove,
  • maintain,
  • assent,
  • mandate,
  • pronounce,
  • make valid,
  • sign,
  • license,
  • lap up.
  •assert (verb)
  • horn in,
  • allege,
  • claim,
  • predicate,
  • shoot one's wad,
  • swear,
  • press,
  • cite,
  • say,
  • proclaim,
  • asservate,
  • attest,
  • aver,
  • avow,
  • stress,
  • state,
  • protest,
  • argue,
  • stand up for,
  • avouch,
  • profess,
  • put forward,
  • butt in,
  • contend,
  • shoot off one's mouth,
  • pop off,
  • mouth off,
  • warrant.
  •attest (verb)
  • countersign,
  • bear witness,
  • corroborate,
  • display,
  • assert,
  • exhibit,
  • authenticate,
  • witness,
  • substantiate,
  • declare,
  • demonstrate,
  • prove,
  • testify,
  • indicate,
  • bear out,
  • announce,
  • show,
  • adjure,
  • give evidence,
  • verify.
  •back (verb)
  • subsidize,
  • stake,
  • abet,
  • give a boost,
  • finance,
  • grubstake,
  • ally,
  • angel,
  • stand behind,
  • abide by,
  • sponsor,
  • bankroll,
  • underwrite.
  •bear (verb)
  • have,
  • shoulder,
  • harbor,
  • hold up,
  • weigh upon,
  • cherish,
  • hold,
  • possess,
  • entertain.
  •befriend (verb)
  • take up with,
  • take under one's wing,
  • hit it off,
  • welcome,
  • buddy up,
  • case out,
  • get chummy with,
  • come on to,
  • patronize,
  • benefit,
  • get in with,
  • cotton to.
  •bolster (verb)
  • buoy,
  • stay,
  • bulwark,
  • pillow,
  • strengthen,
  • bear up,
  • cushion,
  • reinforce,
  • buck up.
  •brace (verb)
  • steel,
  • steady,
  • bandage,
  • tighten,
  • prepare,
  • ready,
  • fasten,
  • fortify,
  • tie,
  • bind,
  • shove,
  • gird,
  • strap.
  •buoy (up) (verb)
  • hearten,
  • cheer,
  • lift,
  • keep afloat,
  • cheer up.
  •buttress (verb)
  • jazz up,
  • beef up,
  • shore,
  • step up,
  • jack up.
  •champion (verb)
  • fight for,
  • battle,
  • put in a good word for,
  • thump for,
  • espouse.
  •claim (verb)
  • believe,
  • call for,
  • adduce,
  • HIT,
  • require,
  • requisition,
  • insist,
  • collect,
  • hold out for,
  • stake out,
  • pretend,
  • knock,
  • exact,
  • postulate,
  • ask,
  • solicit,
  • hit up,
  • pop the question,
  • need,
  • have dibs on something,
  • challenge,
  • lay claim to,
  • take.
  •comfort (verb)
  • inspirit,
  • quiet fears,
  • allay,
  • condole,
  • soften,
  • divert,
  • mitigate,
  • soothe,
  • remedy,
  • salve,
  • relieve,
  • reanimate,
  • revive,
  • compose,
  • make well,
  • revitalize,
  • calm,
  • console,
  • invigorate,
  • alleviate,
  • free,
  • sympathize,
  • nourish,
  • refresh,
  • stroke,
  • succor,
  • solace,
  • gladden,
  • put at ease,
  • enliven,
  • grant respite,
  • abate,
  • ameliorate,
  • assuage,
  • lighten burden,
  • delight,
  • commiserate with,
  • reassure,
  • ease.
  •confirm (verb)
  • settle,
  • rubber-stamp,
  • give high sign,
  • subscribe,
  • make sure,
  • explain,
  • size up,
  • check,
  • circumstantiate,
  • give green light,
  • underpin,
  • give stamp of approval,
  • give the nod,
  • make good,
  • vouch,
  • check out,
  • give the go-ahead,
  • double-check,
  • debunk.
  •continue (verb)
  • persevere,
  • last,
  • go on,
  • prolong,
  • lengthen,
  • abide,
  • draw out,
  • reach,
  • live on,
  • never cease,
  • Perdure,
  • move ahead,
  • loiter,
  • stand,
  • stick to,
  • stick at,
  • keep on truckin',
  • hang in,
  • linger,
  • pursue,
  • rest,
  • press on,
  • keep the ball rolling,
  • push on,
  • outlast,
  • keep up,
  • make headway,
  • progress,
  • survive,
  • run on,
  • keep on,
  • outlive,
  • project,
  • extend,
  • carry forward,
  • endure,
  • remain,
  • persist in,
  • forge ahead,
  • ride,
  • keep at,
  • stay on,
  • get on with it.
  •contribute (verb)
  • supplement,
  • sit in on,
  • lead,
  • finger in the pie,
  • augment,
  • conduce,
  • have a hand in,
  • be instrumental,
  • be conducive,
  • get in the act,
  • redound,
  • add to,
  • put in two cents,
  • do one's bit,
  • tend.
  •cooperate (verb)
  • league,
  • stick together,
  • pitch in,
  • play ball,
  • concert,
  • befriend,
  • lend a hand,
  • share in,
  • contribute,
  • collaborate,
  • unite,
  • show willingness,
  • partner,
  • join forces,
  • band,
  • chip in,
  • work together,
  • work side by side,
  • comply with,
  • coadjute,
  • pull together,
  • coordinate,
  • conspire,
  • pool resources,
  • join in,
  • take part,
  • coincide,
  • be in cahoots,
  • participate,
  • forward,
  • combine.
  •countenance (verb)
  • live with,
  • sit still for,
  • cope,
  • approbate,
  • invite,
  • smile on,
  • swallow,
  • stand for,
  • commend,
  • bear with,
  • put up with,
  • handle,
  • nod at,
  • grin and bear it,
  • applaud,
  • condone,
  • put john hancock on,
  • stomach something.
  •defend (verb)
  • plead,
  • say in defense,
  • fight,
  • rationalize,
  • cover for,
  • conserve,
  • save,
  • keep safe,
  • fend off,
  • war,
  • exculpate,
  • speak up for,
  • oppose,
  • insure,
  • mine,
  • prove a case,
  • shelter,
  • screen,
  • repel danger,
  • guard against,
  • safeguard,
  • hedge,
  • hold at bay,
  • resist,
  • watch over,
  • care for,
  • look after,
  • bear one out,
  • stave off,
  • guard,
  • ward off,
  • house,
  • panoply,
  • entrench,
  • put in a good word,
  • withstand,
  • watch,
  • secure,
  • stonewall,
  • avert,
  • cover,
  • provide sanctuary,
  • shield,
  • foster,
  • beat off,
  • preserve,
  • retain,
  • guarantee,
  • apologize for,
  • garrison,
  • come to defense of,
  • prevent,
  • take in,
  • exonerate.
  •elevate (verb)
  • shoot up,
  • ramp,
  • erect,
  • put up,
  • poise,
  • pump,
  • heighten,
  • hike up,
  • tilt,
  • fetch up,
  • pyramid,
  • levitate,
  • stilt.
  •encourage (verb)
  • egg on,
  • prevail,
  • develop,
  • comfort,
  • instigate,
  • serve,
  • spur,
  • pull for,
  • improve,
  • smile upon,
  • pat on the back.
  •endorse (verb)
  • give a boost to,
  • praise,
  • give one's word,
  • lend one's name to,
  • vouch for.
  •espouse (verb)
  • get into,
  • adopt,
  • take on,
  • go in for,
  • embrace.
  •fight (verb)
  • contest,
  • dispute,
  • engage in,
  • hassle,
  • effect,
  • strive,
  • persist,
  • continue,
  • buckle down,
  • put up an argument,
  • spare no effort,
  • wage,
  • toil on,
  • make a stand against,
  • struggle,
  • fall out,
  • bicker,
  • light into,
  • conduct,
  • squabble,
  • tangle with,
  • lay into,
  • buck,
  • exert oneself,
  • repel,
  • defy,
  • traverse,
  • prosecute,
  • take pains,
  • wrangle,
  • hammer away,
  • stand up to,
  • push forward,
  • carry on,
  • travail,
  • force,
  • combat,
  • row.
  •forward (verb)
  • cultivate,
  • hurry,
  • speed,
  • hasten.
  •foster (verb)
  • nurse,
  • feed,
  • nurture,
  • stimulate,
  • foment.
  •help (verb)
  • do a favor,
  • be of use,
  • accommodate,
  • work for,
  • puff,
  • see through,
  • cooperate,
  • hype,
  • do one's part,
  • ballyhoo,
  • open doors,
  • intercede,
  • do a service.
  •hoist (verb)
  • heave.
  •hold (verb)
  • lock,
  • bear.
  •justify (verb)
  • excuse,
  • cop a plea,
  • be answerable for,
  • palliate,
  • crawl,
  • brief,
  • legalize,
  • absolve,
  • alibi,
  • do justice to,
  • pardon,
  • make allowances,
  • speak in favor,
  • clear,
  • rebut,
  • acquit,
  • show cause,
  • square,
  • answer for.
  •lift (verb)
  • draw up,
  • rise,
  • vanish,
  • up,
  • aspire,
  • disperse,
  • come up,
  • hike,
  • arise,
  • upheave,
  • climb,
  • dissipate,
  • raise high,
  • bear aloft,
  • heft,
  • soar,
  • mount,
  • disappear,
  • jump up,
  • move up,
  • goose,
  • bring up.
  •maintain (verb)
  • perpetuate,
  • supply,
  • keep,
  • control,
  • manage,
  • renew,
  • repair,
  • protect,
  • correct,
  • rectify,
  • provide,
  • keep going,
  • right,
  • report,
  • asseverate,
  • emphasize,
  • go on with,
  • take care of.
  •nurture (verb)
  • instruct,
  • educate,
  • nursle,
  • discipline,
  • train,
  • school.
  •pick up (verb)
  • grasp,
  • gather.
  •preserve (verb)
  • freeze,
  • store,
  • evaporate,
  • cure,
  • process,
  • refrigerate,
  • season,
  • mothball,
  • can,
  • bottle,
  • pickle,
  • mummify.
  •promote (verb)
  • publicize,
  • cry,
  • advertise,
  • avail,
  • popularize,
  • call attention to,
  • propagandize,
  • sell.
  •prop (verb)
  • set,
  • Underprop,
  • truss.
  •proselytize (verb)
  • be born again,
  • persuade,
  • convince,
  • alter conviction,
  • change belief,
  • cause to adopt,
  • sway.
  •prove (verb)
  • evince,
  • document,
  • turn out,
  • have a case,
  • end up,
  • add up,
  • test,
  • find,
  • determine,
  • show clearly,
  • manifest,
  • show once and for all,
  • experiment,
  • pan out,
  • ascertain,
  • trial,
  • fix,
  • make evident,
  • analyze,
  • result,
  • evidence,
  • examine,
  • try,
  • assay.
  •ratify (verb)
  • rubber stamp,
  • commission.
  •rear (verb)
  • spring up,
  • leap,
  • jump,
  • tower,
  • set upright,
  • turn up,
  • loom.
  •recommend (verb)
  • glorify,
  • exalt,
  • speak highly of,
  • steer,
  • prize,
  • celebrate,
  • be satisfied with,
  • magnify,
  • acclaim,
  • value,
  • compliment,
  • counsel,
  • exhort,
  • esteem,
  • put on to,
  • laud,
  • eulogize,
  • think highly of,
  • suggest,
  • prescribe,
  • extol,
  • be all for,
  • enjoin,
  • speak well of,
  • go on record for,
  • front for.
  •respect (verb)
  • pay attention,
  • look up to,
  • be awed by,
  • spare,
  • reverence,
  • heed,
  • observe of,
  • honor,
  • adore,
  • follow,
  • set store by,
  • show consideration,
  • take into account,
  • notice,
  • adhere to,
  • have good opinion of,
  • note,
  • regard,
  • venerate,
  • show courtesy,
  • attend,
  • revere,
  • have high opinion,
  • appreciate,
  • be kind to.
  •second (verb)
  • give moral support.
  •stabilize (verb)
  • bolt,
  • equalize,
  • ballast,
  • balance,
  • counterpoise,
  • firm,
  • firm up,
  • stiffen,
  • counterbalance,
  • Stabilitate,
  • ossify.
  •strengthen (verb)
  • flower,
  • embolden,
  • flourish,
  • prosper,
  • burgeon,
  • rally,
  • carry weight,
  • give weight,
  • thrive,
  • harden,
  • nerve,
  • restore,
  • toughen,
  • rejuvenate,
  • consolidate,
  • bloom,
  • temper,
  • animate,
  • gather resources,
  • Enhearten.
  •sublimate (verb)
  • clean,
  • rarefy,
  • refine,
  • cleanse.
  •support (verb)
  • mainstay,
  • throw in with,
  • cradle,
  • undergird,
  • base,
  • keep an eye on,
  • found,
  • strut,
  • ground,
  • be a source of strength,
  • fund,
  • attend to,
  • take the part of,
  • make a living,
  • crutch,
  • bottom,
  • keep from falling,
  • set up,
  • embed,
  • chaperon,
  • earn one's keep,
  • be a foundation for,
  • agree with,
  • pay expenses of,
  • bed,
  • rally round,
  • take one's side,
  • throw in one's lot with,
  • boost morale,
  • pay for,
  • pick up the check,
  • put up money for.
  •sustain (verb)
  • protract,
  • transport,
  • pack,
  • tote,
  • keep alive,
  • convey,
  • provide for,
  • transfer,
  • lug.
  •uphold (verb)
  • encourage,
  • back up,
  • justify,
  • champion,
  • stick by,
  • help,
  • sustain,
  • second,
  • carry,
  • hold to,
  • defend,
  • boost,
  • brace,
  • rear,
  • endorse,
  • assist,
  • side with,
  • bolster,
  • uplift,
  • promote,
  • countenance,
  • Upbear,
  • prop,
  • hold up one's end,
  • hoist,
  • shore up,
  • vindicate,
  • buoy up,
  • upraise,
  • Uprear,
  • raise,
  • back,
  • pick up,
  • advocate,
  • elevate,
  • stick up for,
  • buttress,
  • take up,
  • aid,
  • confirm,
  • stand by.
  •vindicate (verb)
  • whitewash,
  • extenuate,
  • confute,
  • disprove,
  • refute,
  • free from blame,
  • rehabilitate,
  • Disculpate.
  •vouch (verb)
  • vow,
  • swear to,
  • cosign,
  • assure,
  • sign for,
  • bear testimony,
  • act as a witness,
  • give an affidavit,
  • put forth,
  • swear up and down,
  • be responsible for.
  •warrant (verb)
  • guaranty,
  • give grounds for,
  • entitle,
  • ensure,
  • promise,
  • stipulate,
  • undertake,
  • necessitate,
  • demand,
  • delegate,
  • privilege,
  • pledge.

Antonyms for Up held:

• adj.

  • backed
    backless, discouraged, opposed, disapproved.
  • endorsed
    Vetoed, cancelled.
  • established
    temporary, insolvent, false, uncertain, untrue, unsound, invalidated.
  • upheld
    unsupported.

• v.

  • acknowledge
    disavow, renounce, disagree, condemn, disapprove, ignore, invalidate, dispute, contradict, forswear, disregard, disallow, reject, refuse, abjure, decline, veto, repudiate.
  • advocate
    criticize, conceal, impugn, assail, hide, dissuade.
  • approve
    differ, dissent, object, disprove.
  • assert
    desert, question, surrender, leave.
  • attest
    abstain, discredit, withhold, cover.
  • back
    advance, thwart, go forward.
  • bear
    take, evade, avoid, dodge, forget, be unproductive, shun, throw away.
  • befriend
    harm.
  • bolster
    not support, let down.
  • brace
    free, let go, loosen, disconnect, release, unfasten, loose, untie, fail, detach.
  • buoy (up)
    bring down.
  • champion
    be against, forsake.
  • claim
    disclaim, answer, give, quit, disbelieve.
  • comfort
    upset, bother, magnify, dishearten, torture, exasperate, vex, suppress, trouble, excite, dispirit, worsen, torment, agitate, distress, anger, provoke, worry, increase, irritate, pain, annoy, aggravate, enervate, bore, intensify, dull.
  • confirm
    confuse, annul, refute, void, cancel.
  • continue
    discontinue, retrogress, desist, go, complete, finish, depart, end, abbreviate, cease, shorten, retreat, take back, move.
  • contribute
    counteract, withdraw, take away, subtract.
  • cooperate
    disturb, delay, impede, check, handicap, encumber.
  • countenance
    fight, censure.
  • defend
    lose, uncover, endanger, aid, help, reveal, sentence, punish, assist, resign, relinquish, give up, support, squander, accuse, blame, make peace, waste.
  • elevate
    push down, deprecate, demote, denounce, disdain, spurn, disgrace, shame.
  • encourage
    dampen, deter, uninspire, deject.
  • endorse
    Unauthorize, repel.
  • espouse
    divorce.
  • fight
    idle, comply, agree, believe, concur, yield, give in, uphold.
  • forward
    maintain, keep, slow, hold, rest, procrastinate.
  • foster
    starve.
  • help
    frustrate.
  • hoist
    hold down, push.
  • justify
    charge, incriminate, damn, convict.
  • lift
    gather, collect, appear, impose, set down, receive, descend.
  • maintain
    discard.
  • nurture
    deprive, repress, learn.
  • pick up
    spend, have.
  • preserve
    use, ruin.
  • promote
    dishonor, degrade.
  • proselytize
    leave alone.
  • prove
    hypothesize, theorize, unsettle, miss.
  • ratify
    Disaffirm, revoke.
  • recommend
    hate, debase, castigate, humiliate, mock, insult, dislike.
  • respect
    disobey, overlook, scorn, disrespect.
  • stabilize
    open, vary, melt, soften, wobble, change, shake, unlock, liquefy.
  • strengthen
    shrink, break down, shrivel, kill, languish.
  • sublimate
    soil, dirty.
  • support
    conclude.
  • uphold
    drop, depress, prevent, protest, destroy, abandon, neglect, hinder, deny, undermine, injure, weaken, halt, lessen, block, obstruct, hurt, stop, attack, lower, discourage, fall, oppose, decrease.
  • upraise
    raze.
  • vindicate
    prove.
  • vouch
    break.
  • warrant
    retract.