| Main Entry: | elevation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advancement, promotion |
Synonyms: |
aggrandizement, apotheosis, boost, deification, eminence, ennoblement, exaltation, exaltedness, glorification, grandeur, immortalization, lionization, loftiness, magnification, nobility, nobleness, preference, preferment, prelation, raise, sublimity, upgrading |
| Notes: | an elevation is a two-dimensional scale drawing of something as if one were viewing it from one side; a section is a two-dimensional scale drawing of one part or detail of an object or structure; and a plan is a two-dimensional scale drawing showing the view of an object or structure as if one were looking down on it from above |
Antonyms: |
demotion, disdain, spurning |
| Main Entry: | magnificence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grandeur |
Synonyms: |
beauty, brilliance, distinction, elegance, exaltedness, flourish, glitter, glory, grace, greatness, importance, impressiveness, lavishness, loftiness, luxuriousness, majesty, nobility, nobleness, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomp, post*, pulchritude, radiance, resplendency, richness, show, spectacularity, splendor, stateliness, style, sublimity, sumptuousness, swank |
Antonyms: |
dullness, modesty, simplicity, ugliness, unostentatiousness |
| Concept: | Elevation. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
elevation; raising; erection, lift; sublevation, upheaval; sublimation, exaltation; prominence (convexity)., lever; crane, derrick, windlass, capstan, winch; dredge, dredger, dredging machine; dumbwaiter, elevator, escalator, lift.
-verbs
heighten, elevate, raise, lift, erect; set up, stick up, perch up, perk up, tilt up; rear, hoist, heave; uplift, upraise, uprear, upbear, upcast, uphoist, upheave; buoy, weigh mount, give a lift; exalt; sublimate; place on a pedestal, set on a pedestal., take up, drag up, fish up; dredge., stand up, rise up, get up, jump up; spring to one's feet; hold oneself, hold one's head up; drawn oneself up to his full height.
-adjectives
elevated; stilted, attollent, rampant.
-adverbs
on stilts, on the shoulders of, on one's legs, on one's hind legs.
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Antonyms: |
depression |
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