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Overview of verb boost
The verb boost has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (3) hike, hike up, boost -- (increase; "The landlord hiked up the rents")
2. (2) boost -- (give a boost to; be beneficial to; "The tax cut will boost the economy")
3. (1) promote, advance, boost, further, encourage -- (contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom")
4. (1) boost, advance, supercharge -- (increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit")
5. boost -- (push or shove upward, as if from below or behind; "The singer had to be boosted onto the stage by a special contraption")
Antonyms of verb boost
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb boost
5 senses of boost
Sense 1
hike, hike up, boost
=> raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
=> move, displace
Sense 2
boost
=> increase
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
=> support, back up
Sense 4
boost, advance, supercharge
=> increase
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 5
boost
=> thrust
=> push, force
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb boost
1 of 5 senses of boost
Sense 3
promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
=> connive at, wink at
=> foster, further
=> spur
=> help
=> carry
=> feed
=> contribute, lead, conduce
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb boost
5 senses of boost
Sense 1
hike, hike up, boost
=> raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
Sense 2
boost
=> increase
Sense 3
promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
=> support, back up
Sense 4
boost, advance, supercharge
=> increase
Sense 5
boost
=> thrust
'Cause To' of verb boost
Derived Forms of verb boost
4 of 5 senses of boost
Sense 1
hike, hike up, boost
RELATED TO>(noun) boost#2
=> rise, boost, hike, cost increase
Sense 2
boost
RELATED TO>(noun) boost#1
=> boost, encouragement
Sense 3
promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
RELATED TO>(noun) booster#1
=> supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend
RELATED TO>(noun) booster#2
=> promoter, booster, plugger
RELATED TO>(noun) boost#3
=> boost
Sense 5
boost
RELATED TO>(noun) booster#5
=> booster, booster rocket, booster unit, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket
RELATED TO>(noun) boost#3
=> boost
Domain of verb boost
Domain Terms of verb boost
Familiarity of verb boost
boost used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb boost
5 senses of boost
Sense 1
hike, hike up, boost
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
boost
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody PP
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 3
promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
boost, advance, supercharge
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
boost
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb boost
5 senses of boost
Sense 1
hike, hike up, boost
> raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
=> get up
=> jack, jack up
=> shoulder
=> kick up
=> hoist, lift, wind
=> trice, trice up
=> hoist, run up
=> hoist
=> pump
=> levitate
=> underlay
=> skid
=> pinnacle
=> chin, chin up
=> raise, leaven, prove
=> heighten
=> hike, hike up, boost
=> pick up, lift up, gather up
=> rear, erect
Sense 2
boost
> increase
=> extend, stretch
=> augment
=> build up
=> enlarge
=> up
=> raise
=> blow up, enlarge, magnify
=> multiply, manifold
=> build up, work up, build, ramp up
=> inflate, blow up, expand, amplify
=> escalate, intensify, step up
=> boost
=> lengthen
=> regenerate
=> maximize, maximise
=> heighten
=> heighten, rise
=> rev up, rev
=> rev up, step up
=> boost, advance, supercharge
=> widen, broaden, extend
=> kite
Sense 3
promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
> support, back up
=> sponsor
=> patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor
=> help, assist, aid
=> promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
=> undergird
=> second, back, endorse, indorse
Sense 4
boost, advance, supercharge
> increase
=> extend, stretch
=> augment
=> build up
=> enlarge
=> up
=> raise
=> blow up, enlarge, magnify
=> multiply, manifold
=> build up, work up, build, ramp up
=> inflate, blow up, expand, amplify
=> escalate, intensify, step up
=> boost
=> lengthen
=> regenerate
=> maximize, maximise
=> heighten
=> heighten, rise
=> rev up, rev
=> rev up, step up
=> boost, advance, supercharge
=> widen, broaden, extend
=> kite
Sense 5
boost
> thrust
=> jab, prod, stab, poke, dig
=> stab, jab
=> shoulder
=> boost
=> force, drive, ram
=> ram, ram down, pound
=> punch
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb boost
Sense 1
hike, hike up, boost
=> raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
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Sense 2
boost
=> increase
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Sense 3
promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
=> support, back up
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Sense 4
boost, advance, supercharge
=> increase
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Sense 5
boost
=> thrust
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Grep of verb boost
boost
boost up
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