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Sublime

Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.

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Similar meaning 10

Elated 84% connected

of Elate

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Elated 84% connected

of Elate

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Glorious 84% connected

Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admir…

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Glorious 84% connected

Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admir…

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Maximum 84% connected

The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to dec…

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Maximum 84% connected

The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to dec…

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Noble 84% connected

Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a…

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Noble 84% connected

Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a…

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Sacred 84% connected

Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a…

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Sacred 84% connected

Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 4

Aerify 76% connected

To infuse air into; to combine air with.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Gasify 76% connected

To convert into gas, or an aeriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes.

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Vaporize 76% connected

To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially.

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Manner of action 1

Resublime 76% connected

To sublime again.

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Derivationally related 8

Splendor 74% connected

Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun.

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Splendor 74% connected

Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun.

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Sublimate 74% connected

To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor.

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Sublimate 74% connected

To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor.

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Sublimation 74% connected

The act or process of subliming, or the state or result of being sublimed.

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Sublimation 74% connected

The act or process of subliming, or the state or result of being sublimed.

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Sublimity 74% connected

The quality or state of being sublime (in any sense of the adjective).

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Sublimity 74% connected

The quality or state of being sublime (in any sense of the adjective).

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Condense 72% connected

To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize.

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Evaporate 72% connected

To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in practice too minute to be visible.

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Vaporize 72% connected

To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially.

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Synonym 14

Elevated 92% connected

of Elevate

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Empyreal 92% connected

Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aerial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Empyrean 92% connected

The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist.

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Exalted 92% connected

of Exalt

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Grand 92% connected

Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake.

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High-flown 92% connected

Elevated; proud.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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High-minded 92% connected

Proud; arrogant.

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Idealistic 92% connected

Of or pertaining to idealists or their theories.

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Lofty 92% connected

Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Noble-minded 92% connected

Having a noble mind; honorable; magnanimous.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rarefied 92% connected

of Rarefy

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Reverend 92% connected

Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sublimate 92% connected

To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Supreme 92% connected

Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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