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Synonyms for raise
verb lift; build from the ground

boost
lift
set up
promote
establish
rear
shove
exalt
pry

mount
construct
elevate
erect
hoist
upraise
lever
uplift
heave

bring up
hold up
pull up
put up
take up
throw up
uprear
upheave
upcast

lift up
move up
place up
put on its end
run up
set upright
stand up

Antonyms for raising

demote
destroy
condemn
denounce
decrease
raze
demolish
lessen

ignore
repress
suppress
hurt
drop
fall
lower
depress

diminish
reduce
conclude
finish
stop
abandon
neglect

Synonyms
verb increase, augment

get
strengthen
heighten
obtain
jump
collect
reinforce
enhance
promote
boost
pyramid
dignify
recruit
congregate

rally
aggravate
form
magnify
enlarge
exalt
congress
inflate
levy
mushroom
escalate
snowball
assemble
intensify

amplify
advance
exaggerate
muster
hike
gather
up
mass
rendezvous
mobilize
honor
build up
look up
perk up

pick up
put up
goose
forgather
fetch up
goose up
hike up
jack up
jump up
run up
send through the roof
shoot up

Antonyms

dissuade
weaken
decrease
undermine
condemn
disgrace
humiliate
shame
scatter
disperse
soothe
lessen
play down
abridge

compress
condense
curtail
denounce
demolish
destroy
raze
ignore
repress
suppress
lose
discourage
hurt
divide

separate
diminish
lower
reduce
shrink
contract
halt
stop
drop
depress
conclude
finish
abandon
neglect

Synonyms
verb start up, motivate; introduce

suggest
set
cause
advance
abet
awaken
incite

motivate
excite
broach
resurrect
moot
foster
arouse

activate
evoke
kindle
provoke
instigate
foment
bring up

whip up
put forward
set on
stir up

Antonyms

deter
deaden
dissuade
calm
lull
quiet
repress
prevent
demolish
destroy

raze
decrease
lessen
ignore
suppress
halt
stop
discourage
bore
drop

lower
depress
diminish
reduce
conclude
finish
abandon
neglect

Synonyms
verb nurture, care for

develop
provide
support
produce
grow
rear

foster
plant
nourish
group
suckle
wean

breed
train
propagate
sow
cultivate
nurse

bring up
drag up
fetch up

Antonyms

decrease
lessen
destroy
ignore
harvest
reap
demolish

raze
repress
suppress
halt
stop
neglect
drop

lower
depress
diminish
reduce
conclude
finish
abandon

Usage Notes

Raise and rise are similar in form and meaning but different in grammatical use. Raise is the causative of rise; to raise something is to cause it to rise. Raise is almost always used transitively. Its forms are regular: Raise the window. The flag had been raised before we arrived. Raise in the intransitive sense “to rise up, arise” is nonstandard: Dough raises better when the temperature is warm. Rise is almost exclusively intransitive in its standard uses. Its forms are irregular: My husband usually rises before seven. The earliest I have ever risen is eight. The sun rose in a cloudless sky. The dough is rising now. Both raise and rear are used in the United States to refer to the upbringing of children. Although raise was formerly condemned in this sense (“You raise hogs but you rear children”), it is now standard. In American English, a person receives a raise in salary. In British English it is a rise.