Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make honorable; glorify |
| Synonyms: | adorn, advance, aggrandize, distinguish, elevate, ennoble, erect, exalt, grace, honor, magnify, prefer, promote, raise, sublime, uprear |
| Antonyms: | belittle, condemn, degrade, demote, detract, disgrace, humiliate, insult, shame |
| Main Entry: | distinguish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make famous |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admire, celebrate, dignify, honor, immortalize, pay tribute to, praise, signalize |
| Main Entry: | elevate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | promote; augment |
| Synonyms: | advance, aggrandize, appoint, boost, build up, dignify, enhance, ennoble, exalt, further, glorify, heighten, honor, increase, intensify, magnify, prefer, put up, skip, swell, upgrade |
| Antonyms: | condemn, demote, denounce, deprecate, disdain, lessen, lower, spurn |
| Main Entry: | exalt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | promote, praise |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, advance, aggrandize, apotheosize, applaud, bless, boost, build up*, commend, dignify, distinguish, ennoble, erect, eulogize, extol, glorify, halo, honor, idolize, intensify, laud, magnify, pay homage to, pay tribute to, raise, revere, set on pedestal, sublime, transfigure, upgrade, uprear, worship |
| Notes: | exalt means to elevate, praise, or raise a person or thing; exult means to rejoice greatly |
| Antonyms: | castigate, condemn, criticize, debase, denounce, humiliate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glorify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adore, idolize |
| Synonyms: | adorn, aggrandize, apotheosize, augment, beatify, bless, canonize, deify, dignify, distinguish, elevate, enhance, ennoble, enshrine, erect, exalt, halo*, honor, illuminate, immortalize, lift up, magnify, pay homage to, raise, revere, sanctify, transfigure, uprear, venerate, worship |
| Antonyms: | humiliate, lower, mock, shame |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beautify, embellish |
| Synonyms: | adorn, bedeck, crown, deck, decorate, dignify, distinguish, elevate, enhance, enrich, favor, garnish, glorify, honor, laureate, ornament, set off |
| Antonyms: | disgrace, uglify |
| Main Entry: | honor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recognize, treat with respect |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, admire, adore, aggrandize, appreciate, be faithful, be true, celebrate, commemorate, commend, compliment, decorate, dignify, distinguish, ennoble, erect, esteem, exalt, give glad hand, give key to city, glorify, hallow, keep, laud, lionize, live up to, look up to, magnify, observe, praise, prize, revere, roll out red carpet, sanctify, sublime, uprear, value, venerate, worship |
| Antonyms: | betray, denounce, disgrace, dishonor, disrespect, reproach, shame |
| Main Entry: | lift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | promote, improve |
| Synonyms: | advance, ameliorate, boost, build up, dignify, elevate, enhance, exalt, hike, jack up, raise, support, upgrade |
| Antonyms: | demote, depress, dispirit, weaken |
| Main Entry: | magnify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enlarge, intensify |
| Synonyms: | aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, augment, bless, blow up, boost, build up, deepen, dignify, dilate, distend, enhance, ennoble, eulogize, exalt, expand, extend, glorify, heighten, hike, hike up, increase, inflate, intensate, jack up, jump up, mount, multiply, pad, pyramid, redouble, rise, rouse, run up, step up, sweeten, swell |
| Antonyms: | decrease, diminish, lessen, miniaturize, weaken |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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