Antonyms for elevate
ˈɛl əˌveɪt; -ˌveɪt, -vɪtel·e·vate

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. elevateverb

   To raise (something) to a higher position; to lift.

   Antonyms:
   lower, drop

   Synonyms:
   lift, raise

2. elevateverb

   To promote (someone) to a higher rank.

   Antonyms:
   demote

   Synonyms:
   promote, exalt

3. elevateverb

   To ennoble or honour/honor (someone).

   Synonyms:
   honor, ennoble, exalt, honour

4. elevateverb

   To lift someone's spirits; to elate.

   Antonyms:
   depress, sadden

   Synonyms:
   elate, cheer up

5. elevateverb

   To increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound.

   Synonyms:
   raise, increase, up, turn up

   Antonyms:
   reduce, turn down, lower, diminish, decrease

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. elevate

   To promote (Latin pro, forward, and moveo, move) is to cause to move forward toward some desired end or to raise to some higher position, rank, or dignity. We promote a person by advancing, elevating, or exalting him to a higher position or dignity. A person promotes a scheme or an enterprise which others have projected or begun, and which he encourages, forwards, furthers, pushes, or urges on, especially when he acts as the agent of the prime movers and supporters of the enterprise. One who excites a quarrel originates it; to promote a quarrel is strictly to foment and urge it on, the one who promotes keeping himself in the background. Compare ABET; QUICKEN.

   See synonyms for ABASE; ALLAY.

   Synonyms:
   advance, aid, assist, encourage, exalt, excite, foment, forward, foster, further, help, prefer, promote, push, push on, raise, urge forward, urge on

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. elevate

   Antonyms:
   lower, degrade, depress, humble, demean, debase

   Synonyms:
   raise, dignify, ennoble

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 5 votes

1. promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevateverb

   give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

   "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"

   Synonyms:
   throw out, kindle, supercharge, erect, arouse, put forward, leaven, bring forward, come along, pass on, provoke, get along, win, parent, kick upstairs, recruit, upraise, progress, advertize, come on, stir, make headway, call down, advance, conjure, lift, elicit, upgrade, farm, encourage, further, gain, bring up, pull ahead, set up, conjure up, nurture, resurrect, levy, promote, prove, boost, go on, gain ground, invoke, raise, advertise, move on, get on, get up, produce, call forth, put up, grow, shape up, fire, evoke, rear, push, set ahead, march on, enhance, enkindle, get ahead, heighten

2. raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring upverb

   raise from a lower to a higher position

   "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

   Synonyms:
   resurrect, rig out, hook, organise, cram, provoke, reboot, stand up, nobble, arise, overdress, fire, leaven, call forth, grow, repeal, abstract, kick upstairs, uprise, lift, heighten, vacate, upgrade, bone, advert, refer, put up, tog out, cabbage, turn out, tog up, set up, prink, reverse, trick up, go up, grind away, filch, name, raise, bring up, revoke, pilfer, dress up, levy, work up, conjure, recruit, upraise, sneak, rise, attire, move up, conjure up, fig out, rescind, fancy up, swot up, gussy up, devise, boot, enhance, come up, wind, pinch, arouse, prepare, swipe, advance, machinate, countermand, prove, put forward, invoke, enkindle, fig up, evoke, mug up, rear, cite, drum, annul, rustle, stir, elicit, hoist, mention, nurture, parent, swot, trick out, purloin, produce, erect, face-lift, kindle, snarf, plagiarize, overturn, promote, organize, deck out, plagiarise, airlift, farm, get up, bone up, call down, deck up

3. lift, raise, elevateverb

   raise in rank or condition

   "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

   Synonyms:
   call down, kindle, hook, rise, nobble, wind, put forward, cabbage, leaven, vacate, hoist, upgrade, annul, parent, uprise, enhance, upraise, enkindle, put up, lift, stir, kick upstairs, go up, advance, conjure, pinch, elicit, prove, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, grow, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, set up, conjure up, nurture, resurrect, levy, promote, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, erect, recruit, raise, sneak, provoke, get up, farm, call forth, move up, invoke, arouse, swipe, reverse, airlift, fire, revoke, evoke, rear, produce, face-lift, rustle, countermand, heighten

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. elevateverb

   Synonyms:
   lift, raise, promote, advance, aggrandize, exalt, ennoble, dignify

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drop

   increase in altitude or height.

   our hopes elevated when we saw the mast of a ship on the horizon.

   Submitted by rinat on November 15, 2015  

How to use elevate in a sentence?

1. Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee:

   It's when we elevate ourselves above those around us and we don't understand that God doesn't elevate anybody over anybody.

2. David Fowler:

   This is one of those cases where you have so many conflicting different manners, the carbon monoxide would usually be classified as an accident, although somebody was holding him there, so you could elevate that to a homicide.

3. Corine Fairbanks:

   The irony does not go unnoticed that here the Pope now proposes to elevate Serra to sainthood and yet, many know him to be a monster who separated, butchered and maimed Native families - all in the name of Christ, military and progress.

4. Roger Daltrey:

   We're old men now...we can't go out there and pretend it's going to be anywhere like we were 40, 50 years ago, adding the orchestra...can elevate the music into a place where it feels kind of grown up...(but) people mustn't think just because there's an orchestra with The Who that it's going to be watered down. We'll be playing exactly full throttle like we usually do.

5. Mike Kelly:

   Attempts by Democrats and the media to divide and define us by race are harmful. We need to elevate our level of discussion.

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