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To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement.

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Broader term 13

Aid 76% connected

To support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assist 76% connected

To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assistance 76% connected

The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Elevate 76% connected

Elevated; raised aloft.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Help 76% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Increase 76% connected

To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Increment 76% connected

The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lift 76% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Push 76% connected

A pustule; a pimple.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pushing 76% connected

of Push

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Thrust 76% connected

Thrist.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 10

Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Conduce 76% connected

To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or desirable result; to contribute; -- usually followed by to or toward.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Contribute 76% connected

To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give (money or other aid) f…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cultivate 76% connected

To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Feed 76% connected

of Fee

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Foster 76% connected

To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Further 76% connected

To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See Farther.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Help 76% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lead 76% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spur 76% connected

A sparrow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Advance 74% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Advance 74% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Encouragement 74% connected

The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Encouragement 74% connected

The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 7

Advance 92% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Encourage 92% connected

To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Encouragement 92% connected

The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Further 92% connected

To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See Farther.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Promote 92% connected

To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rise 92% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Supercharge 92% connected

To charge (a bearing) upon another bearing; as, to supercharge a rose upon a fess.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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