boost

Meaning

Noun

1. A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.
2. Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance.
3. A coordinate transformation that changes velocity.
4. A positive intake manifold pressure in cars with turbochargers or superchargers.

Verb

1. To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.
2. To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.
3. (slang) To steal.
4. To jump-start a vehicle by using cables to connect the battery in a running vehicle to the battery in a vehicle that won't start.
5. To give a booster shot to.
6. To amplify; to signal boost.

Synonyms

promote

support

increase

advance

lift

raise

encourage

encouragement

push

reinforce

hike

further

strengthen

hike up

supplement

promotion

heighten

augment

help

intensify

hoist

elevate

back

🔙

improve

brace

amplify

bolster

bear out

underpin

supercharge

actuation

subvention

cost increase

propulsion

rest

impulse

rise

buttress

furtherance

assist

enhance

shove

backing

prop

boom

💥

ascertain

bolster up

add to

boast

benefit

Translations

augmenter

verstärken

relancer

fomentar

προάγω

aumentar

promover

ankurbeln

promouvoir

aumentar

favorire

προαγωγή

promuovere

impulsionar

hausser

Pronounced as (IPA)

/buːst/

Etymology

Cognate with Scots: boost

Cognate with Middle English: boosten

In summary

Unknown. The verb is first recorded 1815; the noun, 1825. Compare Scots boost (“to move; drive off; shoo away”), bost, boast (“to threaten; scold”), Middle English boosten, bosten (“to threaten”).