to exalt

Examples

• All

• Many cultures exalt their heroes through songs and stories.

• No Christian has any right to exalt himself or herself above non-Christians.

  Academic text (1991)

• Just once in a while, let us exalt the importance of ideas and information.

  Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

• Their memory is going to be exalted until something else comes along to take its place and nothing really has come close.

  '85: The Greatest Team in Football History (2016)

• Are you ready to be exalted?

  Magic Mike XXL (2015)

• I will exalt him as a father, with my son Tarik and daughter Leyla.

  Black Gold (2011)

• I am deeply grateful for the extraordinary privilege... ...of being offered such an exalted position.

  Walker (1987)

• For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

• He exalted Italian characteristics and tried to define what it meant to be an Italian.

• He also says whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

  Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

Synonyms

P

to promote

vsto exalt

182 2.9

Give someone a higher job or rank

can also mean expressing high praise or honour beyond the job change

F

to flatter

vsto exalt

100 3.6

Praise someone with words you do not mean to get their help

involves real honour or elevated status rather than merely flattering remarks

G

to glorify

vsto exalt

86 5.2

To make a person or thing seem better and more important than they really are

can imply a real increase in status rather than only exaggerated praise

E

to elevate

vsto exalt

• Formal

52 4.4

To give someone a higher job or rank

also includes praising highly or honouring someone beyond formal position

R

to raise

vsto exalt

38 2.7

To move someone to a higher job or rank

also covers praising highly or elevating social importance beyond promotion

L

to laud

vsto exalt

• Formal

30 7.7

To praise someone publicly in a formal way

also covers honouring with higher rank or long lasting importance

U

to uplift

vsto exalt

23 3.2

To make someone feel happier and more hopeful

focuses on raising rank or praising someone, not on changing mood

E

to extol

vsto exalt

7 7.5

To praise someone or something very much

adds the idea of raising social rank or importance beyond mere praise

E

to ennoble

vsto exalt

• Formal

1 7.9

Make someone or something seem better in character and more respected

is broader, adding general high praise or increased importance beyond dignity

P

praise to the skies

vsto exalt

• Informal

1 5.8

Say very good things about someone or something with strong feeling

can also suggest an actual rise in rank or lasting importance beyond praise

S

to sublate

vsto exalt

• Archaic

9.9

To raise someone to a higher position of honor

is the common modern term for raising status or praising highly

E

to ensky

vsto exalt

• Archaic

9.9

To praise someone very highly and make them seem perfect

is more general, covering both praise and increased rank or importance

A

to apotheosize

vsto exalt

• Literature

9.9

To make someone seem like a god or without faults

raises status or praises highly but not to a divine level

H

to heap on praise

vsto exalt

4.0

To give a lot of praise, often more than needed

may instead mean genuine honour or a real increase in status

Antonyms

D

to demean

53 6.8

To make someone feel less respected or important

D

to disparage

28 7.7

To speak badly about someone or something to show little respect

D

to debase

7 6.9

To make something worth less by adding cheaper material

How Praised

to deify

7 8.4

to glorify

86 5.2

to exalt

• Formal

21 7.2

to honor

• US

796 2.3

to praise

331 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology