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elevation
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of ELEVATION
1
a raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position <the appointment of Sandra Day O'Connor marked the first elevation of a woman to the U.S. Supreme Court>
Near Antonyms deposition, dethronement, discharge, dismissal, expulsion, impeachment, ouster, overthrow, removal, suspension, unmaking, unseating; downfall, fall
2
an area of high ground <Little Round Top is one of the most visited elevations in the entire Gettysburg National Military Park>
Related Words alp, mount, mountain, peak; butte, mesa, plateau, table, tableland; bluff, cliff, crag, precipice, steep, tor; ridge, sierra; dome, sugarloaf; foothill, hillock, hummock, knob, knoll; downs
Near Antonyms dale, dell, depression, dingle, glen, hollow, vale, valley; basin, bottom, bottomland, fen, flat, floodplain, plain, tidewater
Antonyms lowland
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the most extreme or advanced point <some people contend that Western civilization reached its elevation in Greece five centuries before Christ>
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