Synonyms for Up-holding:

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

What are the hypernyms for Up-holding?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Other hypernyms:
affirm, bolster, maintain, support, sustain.

What are the opposite words for up-holding?

The term "up-holding" implies supporting or maintaining something, but there are several antonyms that convey the opposite meaning. One of the most common antonyms for up-holding is "undermining," which means weakening or sabotaging something's foundation or authority. "Dismantling" is another antonym that suggests taking apart or breaking something down, while "neglecting" means failing to care for or address something's needs. "Abandoning" refers to completely withdrawing support or attention from something, while "opposing" indicates a direct challenge or resistance to up-holding. Overall, these antonyms for up-holding portray various degrees and expressions of disapproval or disregard.

What are the antonyms for Up-holding?

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

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