Synonyms for Up-holding:

• adj.

  •comforting (adjective)
  • revitalizing,
  • curing,
  • heart-warming,
  • freeing,
  • refreshing,
  • Succoring,
  • consoling,
  • encouraging,
  • lightening,
  • Mitigating,
  • analeptic,
  • tranquilizing,
  • reassuring,
  • Sustaining,
  • softening,
  • invigorating,
  • inspiriting,
  • Remedying,
  • health-giving,
  • warming,
  • Assuaging,
  • Solacing,
  • consolatory,
  • Allaying,
  • Relieving,
  • abating,
  • Restoring,
  • revivifying,
  • soothing,
  • Alleviating.
  •respectful (adjective)
  • obedient,
  • Recognizing,
  • polite,
  • courtly,
  • humble,
  • admiring,
  • dutiful,
  • reverential,
  • civil,
  • solicitous,
  • submissive,
  • deferential,
  • appreciative,
  • self-effacing,
  • venerating,
  • gracious,
  • duteous,
  • Obeisant,
  • regarding,
  • well-mannered,
  • reverent,
  • regardful,
  • considerate.
  •reverent (adjective)
  • solemn,
  • devout,
  • pious,
  • worshipping.
  •reverential (adjective)
  • venerational,
  • worshipful.

• n.

  •advocacy (noun)
  • promotion,
  • campaigning for,
  • encouragement,
  • recommendation,
  • justification,
  • pleading for,
  • promulgation,
  • assistance,
  • upholding,
  • urging,
  • propagation,
  • proposal,
  • backing,
  • Championing,
  • advancement,
  • defense.
  •preservation (noun)
  • refrigeration,
  • keeping,
  • storage,
  • salvation,
  • guardianship,
  • security,
  • preserval,
  • ward,
  • safeguard,
  • sustentation,
  • perpetuation,
  • conservation,
  • safeguarding,
  • shield,
  • conservancy,
  • Pickling,
  • evaporation,
  • guard,
  • care,
  • tanning,
  • safety,
  • support,
  • Canning,
  • saving,
  • freezing,
  • safekeeping.

• v.

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

Antonyms for Up-holding:

• adj.

  • comforting
    disturbing, irritating, worrying, depressing, aggravating, dispiriting, distressing, upsetting.
  • respectful
    inconsiderate, unmannerly, insolent, impolite, mean, disrespectful, unrefined, disobedient, discourteous, unkind, rude.

• n.

  • advocacy
    opposition, discouragement, stoppage.
  • preservation
    harm, destruction, Endangerment, injury, ruin, danger.

• v.

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