All detract antonyms
de·tract
D d verb detract
- bolster — If you bolster something such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it.
- optimise — to make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible.
- 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.
- praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- laud — to praise; extol.
- overrate — to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate: I think you overrate their political influence.
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- upgrade — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- raise — to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- overvalue — to value too highly; put too high a value on: They should be careful not to overvalue the property.
- overestimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- value — relative worth, merit, or importance: the value of a college education; the value of a queen in chess.
- commend — If you commend someone or something, you praise them formally.
- develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
- optimize — to make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible.