English

Detailed Synonyms for uphold in English

uphold:

to uphold verbe (upholds, upheld, upholding)

  1. to uphold
    to maintain; to preserve; to uphold; to stand firm; to hold; to hang on; to stand by
    • maintain verbe (maintains, maintained, maintaining)
    • preserve verbe (preserves, preserved, preserving)
    • uphold verbe (upholds, upheld, upholding)
    • stand firm verbe (stands firm, stood firm, standing firm)
    • hold verbe (holds, held, holding)
    • hang on verbe (hangs on, hung on, hanging on)
    • stand by verbe (stands by, stood by, standing by)
  2. to uphold
    to confirm; to validate; to ratify; to support; to uphold; to bear out; to seal
    • confirm verbe (confirms, confirmed, confirming)
    • validate verbe (validates, validated, validating)
    • ratify verbe (ratifies, ratified, ratifying)
    • support verbe (supports, supported, supporting)
    • uphold verbe (upholds, upheld, upholding)
    • bear out verbe (bears out, bearing out)
    • seal verbe (seals, sealed, sealing)
  3. to uphold
    to certify; to authenticate; to notice; to confirm; to ratify; to assent; to uphold; to signal
    • certify verbe (certifies, certified, certifying)
    • authenticate verbe (authenticates, authenticated, authenticating)
    • notice verbe (notices, noticed, noticing)
    • confirm verbe (confirms, confirmed, confirming)
    • ratify verbe (ratifies, ratified, ratifying)
    • assent verbe (assents, assented, assenting)
    • uphold verbe (upholds, upheld, upholding)
    • signal verbe (signals, signalled, signalling)
  4. to uphold
    – stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals 1
    to uphold
    – stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals 1
    • uphold verbe (upholds, upheld, upholding)
  5. to uphold
    – support against an opponent 1
    to maintain; to uphold
    – support against an opponent 1
    • maintain verbe (maintains, maintained, maintaining)
    • uphold verbe (upholds, upheld, upholding)
      • The appellate court upheld the verdict1
  6. to uphold
    – keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last 1
    to preserve; to continue; to uphold; to carry on; bear on
    – keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last 1
    • preserve verbe (preserves, preserved, preserving)
      • preserve the peace in the family1
    • continue verbe (continues, continued, continuing)
      • continue the family tradition1
    • uphold verbe (upholds, upheld, upholding)
    • carry on verbe (carry on, carried on, carrying on)
    • bear on verbe

Conjugations for uphold:

present
  1. uphold
  2. uphold
  3. upholds
  4. uphold
  5. uphold
  6. uphold
simple past
  1. upheld
  2. upheld
  3. upheld
  4. upheld
  5. upheld
  6. upheld
present perfect
  1. have upheld
  2. have upheld
  3. has upheld
  4. have upheld
  5. have upheld
  6. have upheld
past continuous
  1. was upholding
  2. were upholding
  3. was upholding
  4. were upholding
  5. were upholding
  6. were upholding
future
  1. shall uphold
  2. will uphold
  3. will uphold
  4. shall uphold
  5. will uphold
  6. will uphold
continuous present
  1. am upholding
  2. are upholding
  3. is upholding
  4. are upholding
  5. are upholding
  6. are upholding
subjunctive
  1. be upheld
  2. be upheld
  3. be upheld
  4. be upheld
  5. be upheld
  6. be upheld
diverse
  1. uphold!
  2. let's uphold!
  3. upheld
  4. upholding
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

uphold

  1. uphold

Related Words for "uphold":


Alternate Synonyms for "uphold":


Antonyms for "uphold":


Related Definitions for "uphold":

  1. stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals1
  2. support against an opponent1
    • The appellate court upheld the verdict1
  3. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last1