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Elevation

/ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃən/

The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.

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📖 Definitions of "Elevation"

noun

1
The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
"the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation to sainthood; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character"
2
The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
3
That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
"A hill is an elevation of the ground."
4
The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.
"the elevation of the pole, or of a star"

🔄 Synonyms of "Elevation"

17 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
heaveverb	(transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
pinnaclenoun	The highest point.
superlativenoun	(figuratively) Exceptionally good; of the highest quality.
raiseverb	(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
peaknoun	The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
topnoun	The highest or uppermost part of something.
liftverb	(ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
altitudenoun	The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.
aggrandizementnoun	The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.
raisingnoun	Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity.
aggrandisementnoun	(British) Alternative form of aggrandizement. [The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.]
elnoun	The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.
natural elevationnoun	a raised or elevated geological formation
acmenoun	A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period.
altnoun	(Internet slang, gaming) An alternate or secondary account.
heightnoun	The distance from the base to the top of something.
summitnoun	The highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature.

↔️ Antonyms of "Elevation"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
natural depressionnoun	a sunken or depressed geological formation
depressionnoun	(psychology, usually uncountable) A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future; any of several mental disorders with this state of mind as a central feature.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Elevation"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
raisingnoun	Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity.
topnoun	The highest or uppermost part of something.
liftnoun	An act of lifting or raising.
raisenoun	(curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
heightnoun	The distance from the base to the top of something.
pinnaclenoun	The highest point.
acmenoun	A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period.
aggrandisementnoun	(British) Alternative form of aggrandizement. [The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.]
peaknoun	The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
superlativenoun	(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing three or more entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the superlative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -est or the word most (e.g. tiniest, most fully); the superlative of inferiority, by adding the word least (e.g. least big, least fully).
heavenoun	(countable) An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.
aggrandizementnoun	The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.
summitnoun	The highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature.
altitudenoun	The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.
elnoun	The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.
altnoun	(Internet slang, gaming) An alternate or secondary account.
natural elevationnoun	a raised or elevated geological formation
upliftnoun	The act or result of uplifting (in various senses).
risenoun	The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
increasenoun	An amount by which a quantity is increased.