Upholds [verb]

Definition of Upholds:

maintain, support

Synonyms of Upholds:

● Vindicate

● Confirm

● Defend

● Advocate

● Encourage

● Endorse

● Promote

● Justify

● Bolster

● Champion

● Raise

● Buttress

● Hoist

● Brace

● Assist

● Countenance

● Back

● Upraise

● Prop

● Elevate

● Second

● Sustain

● Carry

● Aid

● Uplift

● Boost

● Rear

● Help

● Back up

● Pick up

● Take up

● Uprear

● Hold to

● Stand by

● Side with

● Buoy up

● Shore up

● Stick by

● Stick up for

● Upbear


Opposite/Antonyms of Upholds:

● Halt

● Discourage

● Hurt

● Fall

● Neglect

● Abandon

● Stop

● Depress

● Lower

● Drop

● Attack

● Oppose

● Weaken

● Injure

● Block

● Lessen

● Decrease

● Destroy

● Undermine

● Prevent

● Obstruct

● Hinder

● Protest

● Deny


Sentence/Example of Upholds:

Wise counsels, like those which gave us the Constitution, prevailed to uphold it.

I will uphold the curve of her eyelashes, for it tickleth my very heart-root to think of her.

It seemed as if they stood 'round me, ready to uphold me in what I was doin'.

The only one who walked pretty soberly was the head-master, who had to uphold his dignity.

He may be a Republican, and he must uphold with warmth and conviction Royalist theories.

This is one of our most cherished victories, for it can do much to uphold our authority.

He was a bad Governor, but he was not so bad as the cause he was obliged to uphold.

And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered, and there was none to uphold.

To uphold the Crown and beat Black Michael—that was his one resolve.

The minions, appointed to uphold the law, were easily accounted for.