Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun uplifting
1 sense of uplifting
Sense 1
uplifting -- (the rise of something; "the uplifting of the clouds revealed the blue of a summer sky")
=> rise, rising, ascent, ascension -- (a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb uplift
3 senses of uplift
Sense 1
elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate -- (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits")
=> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir -- (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country")
Sense 2
uplift -- (lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces; "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town")
=> rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise -- (move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows")
Sense 3
uplift -- (lift up or elevate)
=> push up -- (push upward)