Synonyms for sublime
səˈblaɪmsub·lime

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1. sublime

   Synonyms:
   august, beneficent, commanding, dignified, exalted, glorious, grand, great, helpful, lofty, mighty, noble, superb, superior

   Antonyms:
   abject, base, contemptible, despicable, lamentable, miserable, mournful, moving, paltry, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, sorrowful, touching, woful, wretched

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1. sublime

   Synonyms:
   raised, exalted, lofty, elevated, eminent, grand, stately, high, noble, majestic, glorious, magnificent

   Antonyms:
   low, depressed, unexalted, inconspicuous, unimposing, ordinary, mean, ignoble, inglorious, base, ridiculous

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1. empyreal, empyrean, sublimeadjective

   inspiring awe

   "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso; "the sublime beauty of the night"

   Synonyms:
   empyreal, rarified, noble-minded, empyrean, elevated, lofty, idealistic, reverend, exalted, high-minded, high-flown, grand, rarefied

   Antonyms:
   inglorious, ignoble, profane, dejected, secular

2. reverend, sublimeadjective

   worthy of adoration or reverence

   Synonyms:
   empyreal, rarified, noble-minded, empyrean, elevated, lofty, idealistic, reverend, exalted, high-minded, high-flown, grand, rarefied

   Antonyms:
   inglorious, dejected, ignoble, profane, secular

3. sublimeadjective

   lifted up or set high

   "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton

   Synonyms:
   empyreal, noble-minded, empyrean, elevated, lofty, idealistic, reverend, exalted, rarified, high-minded, high-flown, grand, rarefied

   Antonyms:
   profane, secular, ignoble, dejected, inglorious

4. exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-mindedverb

   of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

   "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"

   Synonyms:
   gilded, marvelous, proud, opulent, empyrean, heroic, rattling(a), majestic, deluxe, elevated, wondrous, imposing, raised(a), rarified, noble-minded, eminent, empyreal, lordly, gallant, wonderful, grand, marvellous, ideal, high-sounding, tremendous, distinguished, luxurious, idealistic, fantastic, inflated, exalted, reverend, rare, princely, rarefied, sumptuous, high-minded, august, terrific, high-flown, lofty, magisterial, towering, howling(a), expansive, soaring

   Antonyms:
   secular, profane, inglorious, ignoble, dejected

5. sublime, sublimateverb

   vaporize and then condense right back again

   Synonyms:
   rarefy, distill, make pure, purify, subtilize, sublimate

   Antonyms:
   ignoble, dejected, inglorious, secular, profane

6. sublime, sublimateverb

   change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting

   "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"

   Synonyms:
   rarefy, distill, make pure, purify, subtilize, sublimate

   Antonyms:
   secular, ignoble, dejected, inglorious, profane

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Vaporize

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1. sublimeadjective

   Synonyms:
   high, elevated

2. sublimeadjective

   Synonyms:
   exalted (in excellence or dignity), great, noble, grand, lofty, dignified, stately, majestic

3. sublimeverb

   Synonyms:
   vaporize (as a solid, to be again condensed), sublimate

4. sublimeverb

   Synonyms:
   refine, exalt, elevate, heighten

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1. sublimeadjective

   Synonyms:
   exalted, grand, magnificent, glorious, majestic

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1. List of paraphrases for "sublime":

   gorgeous, beautiful, glorious, breathtaking, magnificent, lofty

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How to use sublime in a sentence?

1. Sir Martin Archer Shee:

   Dug from the tomb of taste-refining time, Each form is exquisite, each block sublime. Or good, or bad,-disfigur'd, or deprav'd,- All art, is at its resurrection sav'd All crown'd with glory in the critic's heav'n, Each merit magnified, each fault forgiven.

2. Fyodor Dostoevsky:

   Neither man or nation can exist without a sublime idea.

3. Socrates:

   I decided that it was not wisdom that enable poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such that you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime message without knowing in the least what they mean

4. Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi:

   You are quaffing drink from a hundred fountains: whenever any of these hundred yields less, your pleasure is diminished. But when the sublime fountain gushes from within you, no longer need you steal from the other fountains.

5. Napoleon:

   From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.