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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | highly moral or dignified |
| Synonyms: | animated, big-time, bright, elated, eloquent, eminent, ethical, exalted, exhilarated, formal, grand, grandiloquent, heavy, high, high-flown, high-minded, honorable, inflated, lofty, noble, righteous, stately, sublime, superb, upright, upstanding, virtuous |
| Antonyms: | base, immoral, lowly, undignified |
| Main Entry: | elevate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lift up |
| Synonyms: | erect, fetch up, heighten, hike up, hoist, jack up, levitate, poise, pump, put up, pyramid, raise, ramp, rear, shoot up, stilt, take up, tilt, uphold, uplift, upraise |
| Antonyms: | decrease, depress, drop, lessen, lower, push down |
| 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: | elevate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise spirits |
| Synonyms: | animate, boost, brighten, bring up, buoy up, cheer, elate, excite, exhilarate, glorify, hearten, inspire, lift up, perk up, refine, rouse, sublimate, uplift |
| Antonyms: | depress, disgrace, distress, lower, shame, trouble, upset |
| Main Entry: | alpine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mountaintop; high altitude |
| Synonyms: | aerial, elevated, high, high-reaching, in the clouds, lofty, montane, mountainous, rangy, snowcapped, soaring, towering |
| Main Entry: | elated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very happy |
| Synonyms: | animated, aroused, blissful, cheered, delighted, ecstatic, elevated, enchanted, enraptured, euphoric, exalted, excited, exhilarated, exultant, fired up, flying high, flying*, gleeful, high, hopped up, in heaven, in high spirits, in seventh heaven, intoxicated, joyful, joyous, jubilant, looking good, on cloud nine, overjoyed, proud, puffed up, roused, set up, transported, turned-on |
| Antonyms: | depressed, down, sad, sorrowful, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eminent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very important; famous |
| Synonyms: | VIP, august, big-gun, big-league, big-name, big-time, celeb, celebrated, celebrious, conspicuous, distinguished, dominant, elevated, esteemed, exalted, famed, grand, great, high, high-ranking, illustrious, leonine, lionlike, lofty, name, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, of note, outstanding, page-oner, paramount, preeminent, prestigious, prominent, redoubted, renowned, star, superior, superstar, well-known |
| Notes: | if you mean 'famous' or 'superior,' you want eminent; if you mean 'impending, about to happen' that is imminent; and if you mean 'present, inherent,' your word is immanent |
| Antonyms: | disrespected, inferior, undistinguished, unimportant, unnotable |
| Main Entry: | erect |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | straight up |
| Synonyms: | arrect, cocked, elevated, erectile, firm, perpendicular, raised, rigid, standing, stiff, upright, upstanding, vertical |
| Antonyms: | prone, prostrate |
| Main Entry: | ethical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | moral, righteous |
| Synonyms: | Christian, clean, conscientious, correct, decent, elevated, equitable, fair, fitting, good, high-principled, honest, honorable, humane, just, kosher*, moralistic, noble, principled, proper, respectable, right, right-minded, square, straight, true blue, upright, upstanding, virtuous |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, dishonest, immoral, improper, unethical, unjust, unrighteous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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