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Synonyms of elate

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Another word for elate is please. Other synonyms of elate are content, cheer, delight, rejoice and gratify.

Synonyms and similar words for elate

verbTo make joyful or proud.

  • cheer upTo make someone happier or less downcast.
  • heartenTo give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.
  • beatifyTo make blissful.
  • enraptureTo fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate or captivate.
  • begladdenTo gladden about or all over; make glad; overjoy.
  • blissenTo make blissful or happy; fill with or impart bliss to.
  • brightOften followed by up: to cause (someone or something) to be bright (in various senses); to brighten; specifically, to...
  • cheerTo gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.
  • fetch
  • contentTo give contentment or satisfaction to; to satisfy; to make happy.
  • delightTo give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
  • enblissTo endue or fill with bliss; impart bliss to; make happy.
  • exhilarateTo cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy, to elate.
  • gladden
  • gratifyTo please.
  • happifyTo make happy.
  • happyOften followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.
  • jollifyTo make jolly.
  • light upTo make happy.
  • make someone's dayTo make someone happy, or be a source of satisfaction, for the rest of the day.
  • perk upTo cause to be more lively or enthusiastic.
  • pleaseTo make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
  • raise someone's spiritsTo make someone feel in a better mood.
  • rejoiceTo make happy, exhilarate.
  • turn the frown upside downTo become or make somebody else happy after being sad.
  • warm someone's heartMake glad.
  • warm the cockles of someone's heartTo provide someone with a deep feeling of contentment or happiness.
  • cherish obsoleteTo cheer, to gladden.
  • elevate obsoleteTo lift the spirits of (someone).
  • fain obsoleteTo make (someone) glad; to gladden; hence, to congratulate (someone); to welcome (someone).
  • gay dated
  • gladden someone's heart datedSynonym of warm someone's heart.
  • laetificate rareTo make, or become, happy.
  • upcheer archaicTo cheer up.

Meaning of elate

  1. verb To make joyful or proud.
  2. verb To lift up; raise; elevate.
  3. adjective Elated; exultant.

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Questions about synonyms of elate

What is another word for elate?
Elate has 34 synonyms on Word.ws, such as please, content, cheer, delight, rejoice, gratify, hearten and exhilarate.
What does elate mean?
Elate means to make joyful or proud.

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