Synonyms of elevate
94 similar words · 60 opposite words
Another word for elevate is promote. Other synonyms of elevate are advance, honor, uplift, raise and lift. The opposite of elevate is reduce.
Synonyms and similar words for elevate
verbTo raise (something) to a higher position.
verbTo promote (someone) to a higher rank.
- exaltTo raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.
- promoteTo raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
- advanceTo raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
- aggrandizeTo make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.).
- dignifyTo exalt in rank.
- ennobleTo bestow with nobility, honour or grace.
- honorTo confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone).
- nobilitateTo make noble; to ennoble; to exalt.
- upliftTo raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual, or emotional level.
- prefer datedTo advance, promote (someone or something).
verbTo increase the intensity or degree of (something).
verbTo lift the spirits of (someone).
- cheer upTo make someone happier or less downcast.
- elateTo make joyful or proud.
- 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.
- heartenTo give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.
- 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.
- 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.
verbTo attempt to make (something) seem less important, remarkable, etc.
- lessen
- detract
- disparage
- abaseTo lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to...
- debase
- debauchTo debase (something); to lower the value of (something).
- degradeTo lower in value or social position.
- depreciateTo lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
- devalueTo lower or remove the value of something.
- devaluateTo devalue, reduce in value.
- dirtyTo debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
- vitiateTo spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something.
- bring down to sizeSynonym of cut down to size.
- cut down to size
- defame
- demean
- demote
- depress
- discredit
- disgraceTo put someone or something out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon.
- dishonour
- downgrade
- give a bad nameTo cause people to lose respect, reverence or esteem for something or someone.
- humble
- humiliateTo make humble; to lower in condition or status.
- knock down to sizeSynonym of cut down to size.
- put someone in their place
- reduceTo bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- relegate
- sink figuratively
- slur
- trim down to sizeSynonym of cut down to size.
- whittle down to sizeSynonym of cut down to size.
- avile obsoleteTo abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate.
- embase archaic
Opposite of elevate
verbTo promote (someone) to a higher rank.
- demote
- abaseTo lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to...
- bring down to sizeSynonym of cut down to size.
- cut down to size
- defame
- degradeTo lower in value or social position.
- demean
- depress
- discredit
- disgraceTo put someone or something out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon.
- dishonour
- disparage
- downgrade
- give a bad nameTo cause people to lose respect, reverence or esteem for something or someone.
- humble
- humiliateTo make humble; to lower in condition or status.
- knock down to sizeSynonym of cut down to size.
- put someone in their place
- reduceTo bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- relegate
- sink figuratively
- slur
- trim down to sizeSynonym of cut down to size.
- whittle down to sizeSynonym of cut down to size.
- debase archaic
- embase archaic
verbTo increase the intensity or degree of (something).
verbTo lift the spirits of (someone).
- sadden
- aggrieve
- besorrowTo sorrow about or over; care about; fill with care or sorrow; make sad.
- grieve
- pain
- bring down
- come down on
- darken
- dash
- deject
- desolate
- dispiritTo lower the morale of; to make despondent; to dishearten.
- forset UK, dialectal
- get down
- grievenTo make or become grievous or grief-stricken; to fill or be filled with grief.
- oppress
- sadden up
- ungladdenTo take the gladness from.
- unhappyTo make or become unhappy; to sadden.
- upset
- attrist archaicTo sadden; to make sad.
- begloom archaic
- begrieve archaic
- contristate obsoleteTo make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve.
Meaning of elevate
- verb To raise (something) to a higher position.
- verb To promote (someone) to a higher rank.
- verb To temporarily grant a program additional security privileges to the system to perform a privileged action (usually on the program's request).
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Questions about synonyms of elevate
- What is another word for elevate?
- Elevate has 94 synonyms on Word.ws, such as promote, advance, honor, uplift, raise, lift, exalt and ennoble.
- What is the opposite of elevate?
- The opposite of elevate is reduce. Other antonyms of elevate are degrade, humiliate, abase, disgrace and lower.
- What does elevate mean?
- Elevate means to raise (something) to a higher position.
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