All whelm antonyms

verb whelm

• dry — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
• underwhelm — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
• dehydrate — When something such as food is dehydrated, all the water is removed from it, often in order to preserve it.
• increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
• ascend — If you ascend a hill or staircase, you go up it.
• 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.
• surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
• yield — to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
• float — to rest or remain on the surface of a liquid; be buoyant: The hollow ball floated.
• rescue — to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil.
• save — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• uncover — to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• forfeit — a fine; penalty.
• lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
• give in — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
• hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• encourage — Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
• give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
• inspirit — to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
• release — to lease again.
• build — If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
• preserve — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
• win — to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
• activate — If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.
• aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
• allow — If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
• assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
• construct — to draw (a line, angle, or figure) so that certain requirements are satisfied
• create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
• enable — Give (someone or something) the authority or means to do something.
• energize — Give vitality and enthusiasm to.
• energise — Alternative form of energize.
• grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
• improve — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
• invigorate — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
• mobilise — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
• mobilize — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
• raise — to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
• refresh — to provide new vigor and energy by rest, food, etc. (often used reflexively).
• repair — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
• strengthen — to make stronger; give strength to.
• assuage — If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly.
• erect — Rigidly upright or straight.
• please — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
• soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
• stand — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
• straighten — make straight