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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun boost has 3 senses

• boost(n = noun.act) encouragement - the act of giving hope or support to someone; Array
is a kind of aid, assist, assistance, help
has particulars: morale booster, morale building
Derived form verb boost₂

• boost(n = noun.attribute) cost increase, hike, rise - an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates"
is a kind of increase, increment
Derived form verb boost₁

• boost(n = noun.act) Array - the act of giving a push; "he gave her a boost over the fence"
is a kind of push, pushing
Derived forms verb boost₅, verb boost₃

Verb boost has 5 senses

• boost(v = verb.motion) hike, hike up - increase; "The landlord hiked up the rents"
is one way to bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise
Derived form noun boost₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• boost(v = verb.change) Array - give a boost to; be beneficial to; "The tax cut will boost the economy"
is one way to increase
Derived form noun boost₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

• boost(v = verb.social) advance, encourage, further, promote - contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
is one way to back up, support
Derived forms noun boost₃, noun booster₂, noun booster₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

• boost(v = verb.change) advance, supercharge - increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit"
is one way to increase
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• boost(v = verb.contact) Array - push or shove upward, as if from below or behind; "The singer had to be boosted onto the stage by a special contraption"
is one way to thrust
Derived forms noun boost₃, noun booster₅
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP

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THESAURUS

boost

Great Leap Forward, a leg up, abstract, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, acculturate, accumulation, acknowledgment, add to, addition, advance, advancement, advantage, advertise, advocate, aggrandize, aggrandizement, aid, ameliorate, amelioration, amend, amendment, amplification, amplify, and, animate, annex, appreciation, appropriate, ascent, assault, assist, assistance, augment, augmentation, back, bag, ballooning, ballyhoo, bark, bear, bear upon, bearing, beef up, better, bettering, betterment, bill, bloating, blurb, boom, borrow, breakthrough, brighten, bring forward, broaden, broadening, buck, build, build up, buildup, bull, bulldoze, bulletin, bump, bump against, bunt, buoy up, butt, butt against, cast up, cheer, circularize, civilize, commend, commendation, conduce to, contribute to, cop, cram, crescendo, crib, crowd, cry up, defraud, development, dig, drive, edema, edify, educate, elbow, elevate, elevation, embezzle, emend, encourage, encouragement, enhance, enhancement, enlarge, enlargement, enlighten, enliven, ennoblement, enrich, enrichment, erect, escalate, establish, eugenics, euthenics, exalt, exaltation, exhilarate, expand, expansion, expedite, extend, extension, extort, facilitate, fatten, favor, filch, fill out, flood, force, forward, foster, further, furtherance, gain, give a lift, give a write-up, give publicity, gladden, go straight, goad, good word, graduation, greatening, growth, gush, hand, hasten, head, headway, hearten, heave, heft, heighten, heist, help, helping hand, hike, hike up, hoick, hoist, hold up, honorable mention, hook, hurtle, hustle, hype, improve, improve upon, improvement, increase, increment, inflate, inflation, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, jab, jack up, jam, jerk up, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, jump, jump up, knighting, knock up, lard, leap, leg, leg up, lend wings to, lengthen, levitate, lift, lift up, liven, lob, loft, magnify, make an improvement, make for, make off with, maximize, meliorate, melioration, mend, mending, mounting, multiplication, multiply, nip, nudge, nurture, palm, parlay, passing, pay raise, perk up, pick up, pickup, pile drive, pilfer, pinch, placard, plug, poach, poke, post, post bills, post up, preferment, press, press-agent, pressure, prod, productiveness, progress, progression, proliferation, promote, promotion, publicize, puff, punch, purloin, push, push forward, put forward, put up, pyramid, quicken, raise, raise up, ram, ram down, rattle, rear, rear up, recognition, recommend, recovery, refine upon, reform, rejoice, rejoice the heart, restoration, revival, rise, run, run against, run away with, rustle, scrounge, sell, set forward, set up, shake, shoplift, shoulder, shove, sky, snare, snatch, snitch, snowballing, socialize, speak highly of, speak warmly of, speak well of, speed, spiel, spread, steal, stick up, straighten out, stress, support, surge, swelling, swindle, swipe, take, tamp, thicken, thieve, throw up, thrust, tout, transfigure, transform, tumescence, up, upbeat, upbuoy, upcast, upgrade, upgrading, upheave, uphoist, uphold, uplift, upping, upraise, uprear, upsurge, upswing, upthrow, uptrend, upturn, upward mobility, vitalize, walk off with, wax, waxing, widening, write up

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Impulse

N impulse, sudden thought, impromptu, improvisation, inspiration, flash, spurt, improvisatore, creature of impulse, extemporaneous, impulsive, indeliberate, snap, improvised, improvisate, improvisatory, unpremeditated, unmeditated, improvise, unprompted, unguided, natural, unguarded, spontaneous, instinctive, extempore, extemporaneously, offhand, impromptu, a limproviste, improviso, on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion, impulse, impulsion, impetus, momentum, push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost, throw, explosion, propulsion, percussion, concussion, collision, occursion, clash, encounter, cannon, carambole, appulse, shock, crash, bump, impact, elan, charge, beating, blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab, fillip, slam, bang, hit, whack, thwack, cuff, squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration, ruade, arietation, cut, thrust, lunge, yerk, carom, carrom, clip, jab, plug, sidewinder, sidewipe, sideswipe, hammer, sledge hammer, mall, maul, mallet, flail, ram, rammer, battering ram, monkey, pile-driving engine, punch, bat, cant hook, cudgel, ax, dynamics, seismometer, accelerometer, earthquake detector, impelling, impulsive, impellent, booming, dynamic, dynamical, impelled, a hit, a very palpable hit.

VB flash on the mind, say what comes uppermost, improvise, extemporize, give an impetus, impel, push, start, give a start to, set going, drive, urge, boom, thrust, prod, foin, cant, elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter, run against, bump against, butt against, knock one's head against, run one's head against, impinge, boost, bunt, carom, clip y, fan, fan out, jab, plug, strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash, punch, thwack, whack, hit hard, strike hard, swap, batter, dowse, baste, pelt, patter, buffet, belabor, fetch one a blow, poke at, pink, lunge, yerk, kick, calcitrate, butt, strike at, whip, come into a collision, enter into collision, collide, sideswipe, foul, fall foul of, run foul of, telescope, throw.

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