Synonyms for boost

Most common

promote · encourage · further · advance · supercharge · bump up · hike up

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Antonyms

reduce, decrease, hinder

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Definitions

1. v. 1

   To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.

2. v. 2

   To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.

   This campaign will boost your chances of winning the election.

3. v. 3

   To steal.

4. n. 1

   A push from behind or below, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.

Related words

Word family

booster

Forms

Plural

boosts → jump-starts, rises, encouragements, crescendos…

Past participle

boosted
e.g. boosted → promoted, encouraged, furthered, advanced…

Example sentences

• promote We must promote commerce with neighboring countries.
• encourage You often encourage me to be good and hardworking.
• supercharge Using this new battery-pack, should in theory, supercharge your device.
• filch When I was a kid, I used to filch candy bars all the time.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

nip¹

4 letters

rise¹, hike¹

5 letters

steal¹, pinch¹, swipe¹, heave¹, filch¹

6 letters

snatch¹

7 letters

further², advance², promote²

9 letters

encourage³, crescendo³

11 letters

supercharge³

13 letters

encouragement⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (further² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

relancer

Italiano

rilanciare

Deutsch

ankurbeln