Synonyms for Up-held:

• adj.

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

• v.

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

Antonyms for Up-held:

• adj.

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

• v.

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