All degrade antonyms
de·grade
D d verb degrade
- honour — to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.
- honor — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- upgrade — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- improve — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- purify — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- mend — to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- compliment — A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
- laud — to praise; extol.
- build up — If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
- admire — If you admire someone or something, you like and respect them very much.
- raise — to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- strengthen — to make stronger; give strength to.
- help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
- flatter — to make flat.
- promote — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- fix — to repair; mend.
- rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- approve — If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.