hoisted

verb

past tense of hoist
1
as in heaved
to lift with effort dockworkers hoisted all 164 barrels of molasses out of the ship's hold when it arrived in port

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in lifted
to move from a lower to a higher place or position hoisted the flag on the flagpole

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms
3
as in sipped
to swallow in liquid form I have time to hoist a couple beers before heading home

Synonyms & Similar Words

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of hoisted Scheffler ultimately hoisted the trophy, but Burns locked up another top-five finish, his fourth of the 2026 season. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 The wreckage of the Piper 30A was hoisted from the water on Sunday morning. — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026 That was Austin Simmons, whose early season inconsistency and injury trouble opened the door for Chambliss, a DII transfer (Ferris State) who hoisted the program on his shoulders and led it to the CFP. — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The Coast Guard hovered above him in the ocean off Orange County and hoisted him to safety. — Michele Gile, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 The team then had to figure out how to re-create a blackout on the Las Vegas Strip, which occurs as Deborah is hoisted into the air in the cube. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026 But slowly the four swimmers made their way in and hoisted themselves up onto the rocks. — Michael McColly, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026 Tiger Woods and Lawson Little are the only Stanford players to have hoisted the Havemeyer Trophy. — Mercury News Staff, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026 But some of the big cats required sedation, including two tigers that veterinarians hoisted in canvas slings Friday and carried by hand to their transport crates. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoisted
  1. heaved
  2. lifted
  3. sipped
  4. raised
  5. gulped
  6. elevated
  7. drank
Verb
  • Canada did just that and then heaved the ball the length of the court to a wide-open Angel Reese with 15 seconds left.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • In Aleppo, in the suburbs of Damascus, across Syria, people and neighborhoods heaved under the trauma of the last 14 years.
    — Lina Sergie Attar, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of heaved
Verb
  • Wednesday’s topping-out ceremony, when a construction crew lifted the final structural beam into place, doesn’t change that.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • CrowdStrike's results lifted shares of fellow cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks, up more than 10% on Thursday.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of lifted
Verb
  • The intimate gathering brought together beauty insiders, executives and industry leaders in one room, where attendees sipped on cocktails at the Living Room, followed by a dinner held at Faena New York’s private dining room, La Cava.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Crowe was also seen catching up with Michael Bay, who sipped on a Heineken.
    — Melody Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of sipped
Verb
  • Saturday’s result raised UNC’s floor more than its ceiling in my eyes.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • He was raised Catholic and served as an altar boy, according to his older sister Maridale Powell, 89.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of raised
Verb
  • That public has continually widened its gullet and gulped.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
Definition of gulped
Verb
  • The color isn’t a precise measurement of toxicity, but a visual cue that glycoalkaloids may be elevated.
    — Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Fourteen years after geeking out over his MSG debut, Styles, now 32, commanded the storied building with new authority, electricity, and dazzling production value that elevated it above any of the six shows of his I’ve seen before.
    — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of elevated
Verb
  • During pre-production, the group drank margaritas in Elassal’s hotel room, went on weekend outings to hockey games, even shared their biggest secrets.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Last month, six soldiers held a woman who drank a bottle of root beer without paying.
    — Brad Heath, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of drank

Browse Nearby Words

hoist
hoisted
hoisting
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Hoisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoisted. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?

Why does English have so many silent letters?

7 Pairs of Commonly Confused Words
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

Ye Olde Nincompoop: Old-Fashioned Words for 'Stupid'

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

Even More Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Ye Olde Nincompoop: Old-Fashioned Words for 'Stupid'

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
skateboard-dog-hat
Wordmaxxing Slang Quiz Give your vocabulary a glow up by getting sendy w...
See All