Synonyms for Upheld:

adj.
• supported
- backed
• taken
- accepted
• backed
- Advocated
- Bolstered
- Boosted
- Furthered
- Propped
- Seconded
- Underwritten
- aided
- assisted
- bankrolled
- encouraged
- favored
- financed
- fostered
- sponsored
• endorsed
- Commended
- Legalized
- attested
- blessed
- concluded
- notarized
- ok'd boosted
- ratified
- recommended
- sanctioned
- sealed
- settled
- supported
• established
- Achieved
- ascertained
- assured
- authenticated
- certain
- closed
- demonstrated
- determined
- found out
- guaranteed
- identified
- objectified
- substantiated
- sure
- undeniable
- valid
- verified
• upheld
- sustained
v.
• acknowledge
- acquiesce
- attest to
- defer to
- grant
- own
- ratify
- recognize
- subscribe to
- support
- take an oath
- 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
- 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
- assent
- buy
- buy into
- charter
- concur
- consent
- empower
- get behind
- give go-ahead
- go along with
- hats off to
- lap up
- license
- make law
- make valid
- mandate
- okay
- permit
- pronounce
- push for
- sanction
- seal
- sign
- sign off on
- thumbs up
- validate
• assisted
- Abetted
- Availed
- Benefited
- Served
- Succored
• attest
- adjure
- announce
- authenticate
- bear out
- bear witness
- countersign
- demonstrate
- display
- exhibit
- give evidence
- indicate
- prove
- show
- substantiate
- testify
- witness
• defended
- Answered
- Argued
- Averted
- Defended
- Fended
- Policed
- Rebutted
- Replied
- Resisted
- Responded
- Retorted
- Returned
- Screened
- Warded
- backfired
- buffered
- counterattacked
- countered
- opposed
- protected
- safeguarded
- saved
- secured
- sheltered
- shielded
• supported
- Hinged
- Underpinned
- buttressed
• uphold
- Upbear
- Uprear
- advocate
- aid
- assist
- back
- back up
- bolster
- boost
- brace
- buoy up
- buttress
- carry
- champion
- countenance
- elevate
- encourage
- help
- hoist
- hold to
- hold up one's end
- pick up
- promote
- prop
- raise
- rear
- second
- shore up
- side with
- stand by
- stick by
- stick up for
- sustain
- take up
- uplift
- upraise
- vindicate
Other synonyms:

•

safe
witnessed

•

established

Other relevant words:

• approve

accredit

• certified

approved

• Other relevant words (adjective):

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Equivalence
- Verb, past tense
  endorsed, safeguards.
- Verb, past participle
  endorsed, safeguarded.
Independent
- Verb, past tense
  absorbed, accepted, acknowledged, adhere, adherence, admitted, adopted, affirm, agreed, alleged, announced, applied, appreciated, approved, ascertained, asserted, assured, attended, attested, authorised, authorized, broke, buttoned, called, cleared, commissioned, committed, conceded, concerned, concluded, conducive, conducted, conferred, confessed, confirm, confirming, conserved, considered, consolidated, contented, contested, continue, contracted, convicted, corroborated, dedicated, deducted, demonstrated, determined, drew, duty, eased, emphasized, engaged, enrolled, entitled, entitlement, estimated, expanded, expressed, extended, facilitated, favored, favour, favourable, felt, formalised, found, fulfilled, gathered, granted, guaranteed, held, hired, honoured, identified, implemented, included, informed, invested, joined, keep, keeping, kept, law, lay, learned, led, left, loved, maintain, nominated, noted, observance, observed, opened, ordered, permitted, preserved, protected, protecting, proved, pulled, pursued, ratified, reaffirm, reasoned, received, recognised, recognized, recommended, reflected, reinforced, rejected, remembered, renewed, repeated, reported, represented, respect, respected, restrained, retained, revealed, right, ruled, said, satisfied, saved, saw, selected, serviced, sought, spent, spoke, stated, steadied, straight, strengthened, stressed, struck, stuck, subscribed, suggested, supportive, sustain, thought, used, utilized, validated, verified, violated, wanted, welcomed, Acceded, Accounted, Achieved, Adhered, Allowed, Argued, Assessed, Attracted, Awarded, Believed, Bolstered, Brought, Captured, Carried, Caught, Catered, Chaired, Championed, Chose, Claimed, Deemed, Defended, Detained, Did, Droit, Echoed, Embraced, Enjoyed, Enshrined, Enunciated, Espoused, Fought, Followed, Galvanized, Garnered, Gave, Greeted, Had, Heeded, Indicated, Infringed, Insisted, Invoked, Lasted, Levied, Lobbied, Maintaining, Met, Mended, Nurtured, Operated, Passed, Persevered, Persisted, Picked, Ranged, Ratifying, Reiterated, Relied, Remained, Remanded, Responded, Resulted, Served, Took, Told, Testified, Undertook, Viewed, Commended, Commented, Complied, Concurred, Consented, Conformed, Contended, Contributed, Prevailed, Proceeded, Promoted, Stayed, Stood, Submitted, Sustaining, associates, abided, maintains, commits, underlined, submits, entrusted, reacted, showed, ensured, allocated, restated, champions, triggered, firmed, withheld, reconfirmed, opted, reasserted, sponsored, underscored, Favoured, co-hosted, peace-.
- Verb, past participle
  abide, absorbed, abused, accepted, accompanied, accomplished, accredited, acknowledged, addressed, adherence, admissible, admitted, adopted, advanced, advised, aged, agitated, agreed, aided, alleged, allotted, applied, appreciated, approved, ascertained, asserted, assisted, assumed, assured, attached, attained, attended, attested, authenticated, banned, based, booked, born, bound, breached, broken, built, busted, buttressed, calculated, calibrated, called, canned, certified, charged, checked, chosen, cleared, committed, completed, compliance, conceded, condemned, conditioned, conducted, confined, confirm, connected, consecrated, conserved, considered, consolidated, contained, contracted, controlled, convicted, copyrighted, corroborated, covered, credited, cultivated, dedicated, deducted, defeated, defence, deferred, delayed, demonstrated, deprived, detected, determined, devoted, discarded, discharged, dismissed, documented, donated, done, drawn, driven, dropped, educated, effected, embedded, embodied, emphasised, emphasized, employed, encouraged, enforced, engaged, enhanced, enrolled, entitled, entrenched, equipped, evidenced, expended, experienced, expressed, extended, facilitated, fastened, favored, favourable, felt, fixed, focused, forbidden, formalized, fostered, found, founded, frozen, fulfilled, fulfilment, funded, given, granted, grown, guaranteed, guarded, guided, handled, heard, heated, held, hired, honored, honoured, hunted, identified, ignored, implemented, imposed, included, incorporated, informed, initiated, inscribed, inspired, insured, intensified, invested, joined, justified, kept, known, landed, learned, left, listed, made, mainstreamed, maintenance, missed, nominated, noted, noticed, obligated, obliged, observance, observed, ordered, organized, outlawed, outlined, paid, perceived, permitted, placed, played, pointed, practiced, practised, predicted, preferred, presented, preserved, processed, prohibited, projected, pronounced, proscribed, protected, proved, pursued, qualified, ratified, realised, realized, reasoned, reassured, receivable, received, recognised, recognized, recommended, recorded, recovered, rectified, reflected, registered, reinforced, rejected, released, remembered, removed, renewed, renowned, repeated, represented, required, reserved, resettled, respect, respected, restored, restrained, restricted, retained, retention, revealed, rooted, ruled, said, sanctioned, satisfied, saved, secured, seen, seized, selected, sent, serviced, settled, shaken, shattered, sheltered, shielded, shouldered, shut, solidified, sought, spent, spoken, stated, stay, stopped, stored, strengthened, stressed, struck, stuck, studied, subsidized, suggested, taken, tested, tightened, trapped, travelled, treated, tried, turned, understood, used, utilized, validated, valued, verified, vindicated, violated, voiced, warranted, watch, welcomed, witnessed, won, worn, Abetted, Acceded, Accommodated, Accorded, Accounted, Achieved, Acted, Adhered, Adjudged, Adjudicated, Administered, Advocated, Afforded, Allowed, Anchored, Answered, Argued, Attracted, Awarded, Been, Borne, Believed, Bolstered, Boosted, Brought, Buoyed, Captured, Cared, Carried, Caught, Championed, Circumvented, Cited, Claimed, Deemed, Defended, Delivered, Demanded, Denied, Detained, Earmarked, Echoed, Embraced, Emerged, Emitted, Encountered, Endured, Enjoyed, Enshrined, Entered, Espoused, Exceeded, Excluded, Exercised, Extracted, Fought, Filed, Flouted, Followed, Furthered, Grabbed, Greeted, Grounded, Had, Happened, Helped, Housed, Impounded, Incubated, Incurred, Indicated, Infringed, Insisted, Invoked, Issued, Judged, Lasted, Learnt, Lived, Looked, Managed, Met, Mentioned, Notified, Nurtured, Obeyed, Obtained, Occurred, Omitted, Operated, Overhauled, Participated, Passed, Performed, Perpetuated, Picked, Pleaded, Policed, Rated, Reached, Reared, Regarded, Relied, Remained, Rendered, Responded, Screened, Seconded, Served, Shown, Told, Tolerated, Underpinned, Urged, Viewed, Visited, Watched, Yielded, Communicated, Compared, Complied, Compromised, Contended, Contravened, Contributed, Counted, Countersigned, Preached, Predicated, Premised, Prevailed, Promoted, Prosecuted, Provided, Pushed, Stayed, Stood, Subjected, Submitted, Succeeded, Supplemented, Supplied, Swayed, abided, undermined, bypassed, underlined, finalized, upgraded, reacted, campaigned, ensured, allocated, restated, positioned, withheld, fuelled, reappointed, reconfirmed, interviewed, opted, spearheaded, reassessed, complemented, highlighted, diagnosed, reasserted, sponsored, underscored, monitored, laid, Favoured, co-signed, follow-up, co-hosted.

What are the hypernyms for Upheld?

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

Other hypernyms:
affirm, assert, back, boost, endorse, maintain, ratify, support, validate, vindicate.

What are the opposite words for Upheld?

Upheld, which means to support or maintain, has several antonyms that convey its opposite meaning. Some of the antonyms for upheld include, abandon, neglect, forsake, oppose or reject. Abandon connotes deserting or giving up on something or someone, while neglect means to ignore, overlook or fail to take care of something. Forsake suggests renouncing or disowning, while oppose means to be against something or someone. Finally, reject is to refuse or turn down something. These antonyms offer a range of opposite meanings to the word upheld, providing a better understanding of its definition.

What are the antonyms for Upheld?

adj.
• backed
- discouraged
- opposed
• endorsed
- Vetoed
- cancelled
- disapproved
• established
- false
- invalidated
- untrue
• upheld
- unsupported
v.
• acknowledge
- forswear
- ignore
- refuse
- renounce
- repudiate
• advocate
- assail
- attack
- criticize
- impugn
- oppose
- protest
• approve
- disallow
- disapprove
- invalidate
- reject
• assert
- deny
• uphold
- weaken

Usage examples for Upheld

Antoinette would have dropped with fright had not his firm grasp Upheld her.

"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"

Charles Weathers Bump

They went side by side, and Upheld the daily burden.

"A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'"

Alfred Gatty

I for one have Upheld them too far.

"Contemporary One-Act Plays Compiler: B. Roland Lewis"

Sir James M. Barrie George Middleton Althea Thurston Percy Mackaye Lady Augusta Gregor Eugene Pillot Anton Tchekov Bosworth Crocker Alfred Kreymborg Paul Greene Arthur Hopkins Paul Hervieu Jeannette Marks Oscar M. Wolff David Pinski Beulah Bornstead Herma

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