Related Searches
on Ask.com
exalt - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | exalt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | promote, praise |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, advance, aggrandize, applaud, bless, boost, build up*, commend, dignify, distinguish, ennoble, erect, eulogize, extol, glorify, halo, honor, idolize, intensify, laud, magnify, raise, revere, sublime, upgrade, worship, apotheosize, pay homage to, pay tribute to, set on pedestal, transfigure, uprear |
| 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: | acclaim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give approval |
| Synonyms: | applaud, approve, boost, celebrate, cheer, clap, commend, compliment, eulogize, exalt, extol, hail, honor, laud, praise, push*, rave, recommend, root, salute, stroke*, blow horn, give a bouquet, give a posy, give kudos, hand it to, hear it for, puff up |
| Antonyms: | berate, censure, damn, denounce, disapprove, dishonor, vituperate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | love intensely |
| Synonyms: | admire, cherish, delight in, dig*, dote on, esteem, exalt, fall for, glorify, go for*, honor, idolize, prize, revere, reverence, treasure, venerate, worship, be crazy about, be gone on, be mad for, be nuts about, be serious about, be smitten with, be stuck on, be sweet on, be wild about, flip over |
| Antonyms: | abhor, condemn, despise, detest, hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | animate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to life |
| Synonyms: | activate, arouse, cheer, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, exalt, excite, fire, gladden, hearten, impel, incite, inform, inspire, instigate, invigorate, kindle, move, quicken, revive, rouse, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, urge, vivify, inspirit, liven, make alive, revivify, vitalize |
| Antonyms: | deaden, discourage, kill |
| Main Entry: | celebrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commemorate occasion, achievement |
| Synonyms: | beat the drum, bless, blow off steam, carouse, ceremonialize, commend, consecrate, dedicate, drink to, eulogize, exalt, extol, feast, fete, glorify, hallow, have a ball*, honor, jubilate, keep, kick up one's heels, laud, let loose, lionize, live it up, make merry, make whoopee, mark with a red letter, memorialize, observe, paint the town red, party*, perform, praise, proclaim, publicize, raise hell, rejoice, revel, revere, ritualize, signalize, solemnize |
| Antonyms: | disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compliment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | praise, flatter |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, adulate, applaud, butter up*, cajole, celebrate, charm, cheer, commemorate, commend, congratulate, endorse, eulogize, exalt, extol, felicitate, glorify, hail, honor, laud, magnify, pat on the back, please, recommend, salute, sanction, satisfy, soothe, toast, worship, fawn upon, give bouquet, hand it to, ingratiate oneself with, kudize, make much of, panegyrize, pay respects, pay tribute to, puff up, roose, sing praises of, speak highly of, take off hat to, trade last, wish joy to |
| Antonyms: | blame, censure, complain, criticize, denounce, insult, libel, slander |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consecrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in high religious regard |
| Synonyms: | anoint, beatify, bless, dedicate, devote, exalt, hallow, honor, ordain, sanctify, venerate, set apart |
| Antonyms: | deprecate |
| Main Entry: | deify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | elevate, glorify |
| Synonyms: | adore, consecrate, ennoble, exalt, extol, idealize, idolize, immortalize, venerate, worship, apostheosize, enthrone |
| Antonyms: | degrade, dishonor, lower |
| Main Entry: | dignify |
| 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: | enhance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve, embellish |
| Synonyms: | add to, adorn, aggrandize, amplify, appreciate, augment, beautify, boom, boost, build up, complement, elevate, embroider, enlarge, exaggerate, exalt, heighten, increase, intensify, lift, magnify, pad*, pyramid*, raise, reinforce, strengthen, swell, upgrade, flesh out |
| Antonyms: | decrease, fix, lower, minimize, reduce, worsen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enshrine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold as sacred |
| Synonyms: | bless, cherish, consecrate, dedicate, embalm, exalt, hallow, idolize, preserve, revere, sanctify, treasure, apotheosize |
| Antonyms: | defile, desecrate, disrespect |
| Main Entry: | eulogize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | praise, glorify |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, applaud, bless, celebrate, commend, compliment, exalt, extol, flatter, hymn, idolize, laud, magnify, cry up, give a bouquet, give a posy, panegyrize, pay tribute to, sing praises |
| Antonyms: | calumniate, condemn, criticize |
| Main Entry: | exaggerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overstate, embellish |
| Synonyms: | amplify, boast, boost, brag, build up, caricature, color, cook up*, corrupt, distort, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, falsify, fudge*, heighten, hike, inflate, intensify, lie, magnify, misrepresent, overdo, pad*, puff, put on, pyramid*, romance, scam, stretch, up*, blow out of proportion, go to extremes, hyperbolize, lay it on thick, loud talk, make too much of, misquote, misreport, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, pretty up, romanticize |
| Antonyms: | depreciate, minimize, play down, reduce, understate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exhilarate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make very happy |
| Synonyms: | animate, boost, buoy, cheer, delight, elate, enliven, exalt, excite, gladden, inspire, invigorate, juice*, lift, pep up*, perk up*, pick up, quicken, rejoice, send, stimulate, thrill, turn on*, uplift, commove, inspirit, put zip into, snap up, vitalize |
| Antonyms: | agitate, depress, discourage, sadden, upset, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extol |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sing the praises of |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, applaud, bless, boost, celebrate, commend, eulogize, exalt, glorify, hymn, laud, magnify, praise, push, rave, root, stroke*, brag about, cry up, give a boost to, givea bouquet, hand it to, hats off to, hear it for, make much of, panegyrize, pay tribute to, puff up |
| Antonyms: | blame, criticize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intensify |
| Synonyms: | add to, amplify, augment, boost, build up, elevate, enhance, enlarge, exalt, extend, improve, increase, lift, magnify, raise, strengthen, make higher, send up |
| Main Entry: | honor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recognize, treat with respect |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, admire, adore, aggrandize, appreciate, celebrate, commemorate, commend, compliment, decorate, dignify, distinguish, ennoble, erect, esteem, exalt, glorify, hallow, keep, laud, lionize, magnify, observe, praise, prize, revere, sanctify, sublime, value, venerate, worship, be faithful, be true, give glad hand, give key to city, live up to, look up to, roll out red carpet, uprear |
| Antonyms: | betray, denounce, disgrace, dishonor, disrespect, reproach, shame |
| Main Entry: | idolize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think of very highly; worship |
| Synonyms: | admire, adore, canonize, deify, dote on, exalt, glorify, love, revere, reverence, venerate, apotheosize, bow down, look up to, put on a pedestal |
| Antonyms: | despise |
| Main Entry: | inflate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blow up, increase |
| Synonyms: | aerate, aggrandize, amplify, augment, balloon*, beef up*, bloat, boost, build up, cram*, dilate, distend, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, exalt, expand, magnify, pad*, pyramid, raise, spread, stretch, surcharge, widen, flesh out, maximize, overestimate, puff up, pump up, swell up |
| Antonyms: | compress, contract, deflate, shrink, let air out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inspire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | affect, animate, arouse, carry, cause, elate, embolden, enliven, exalt, excite, exhilarate, galvanize, get*, hearten, imbue, impress, infect, inflame, influence, inform, infuse, instill, invigorate, motivate, occasion, produce, provoke, quicken, reassure, set up, spark, spur, stir, strike, sway, touch, trigger, urge, work up, be responsible for, commove, endue, enkindle, fire up, give impetus, give one an idea, give rise to, inspirit, start off |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
