Synonyms of the word

ennoble

• v. To bestow with nobility, honour or grace.
• v. To perform on a fabric the industrial processes of dry-cleaning, printing and embossing, and sizing and…

advance

• v. To bring forward; to move towards the front; to make to go on.
• v. (obsolete) To raise; to elevate.
• v. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
• v. To accelerate the growth or progress of; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten.
• v. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show.
• v. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
• v. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand.
• v. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate.
• v. (intransitive) To move forwards, to approach.
• v. (obsolete) To extol; to laud.
• n. A forward move; improvement or progression.
• n. An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
• n. An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
• n. (in the plural) An opening approach or overture, especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
• adj. Completed before need or a milestone event.
• adj. Preceding.
• adj. Forward.

dignify

• v. to invest with dignity or honour.
• v. to give distinction to.
• v. to exalt in rank.
• v. to honor.

elevate

• v. (transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position; to lift.
• v. (transitive) To promote (someone) to a higher rank.
• v. (transitive) To ennoble or honour/honor (someone).
• v. (transitive) To lift someone's spirits; to cheer up.
• v. (transitive) To increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound.
• v. (dated, colloquial, humorous) To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
• v. (obsolete, Latinism) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.
• adj. (obsolete) Elevated; raised aloft.

entitle

• v. give a title to.
• v. dignify by an honorary designation.
• v. give power, authority (to do something).
• v. give rightful ownership.
• v. give a title to a book, film, play, etc.

gentle

• adj. Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
• adj. Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
• adj. Docile and easily managed.
• adj. Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
• adj. Polite and respectful rather than rude.
• adj. (archaic) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.
• v. (intransitive) to become gentle.
• v. (transitive) to ennoble.
• v. (transitive, animal husbandry) to break; to tame; to domesticate.
• v. (transitive) To soothe; to calm.
• n. (archaic) A person of high birth.
• n. (archaic) A maggot used as bait by anglers.
• n. A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil.

honor

• n. (uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally…
• n. (uncountable) The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence…
• n. (countable) A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such…
• n. A privilege.
• n. (in the plural) The privilege of going first.
• n. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.
• n. (feudal law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.
• n. (heraldry, countable) The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon. (Compare honour point…
• n. (countable, card games) In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In…
• n. (in the plural) (Courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank.
• v. (transitive) To think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or…
• v. (transitive) To conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request,…
• v. (transitive) To confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone).
• v. (transitive) To make payment in respect of (a cheque, banker's draft etc).

honour

• n. British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, Australian, NZ, and South African standard spelling of honor.
• v. British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, Australian, NZ, and South African standard spelling of honor.

promote

• v. (transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
• v. (transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell…
• v. (transitive) To encourage, urge or incite.
• v. (sports, usually in passive form) To elevate to the above league.
• v. (transitive, chemistry) To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
• v. (transitive, chess) To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.
• v. (intransitive, Singapore) To move on to a subsequent stage of education.

raise

• v. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
• v. (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
• v. (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
• v. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
• v. (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
• v. (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof…
• v. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or…
• v. (computing) To throw (an exception).
• n. (US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
• n. (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
• n. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
• n. (poker) A bet which increased the previous bet.
• n. A cairn or pile of stones.

reward

• n. Something of value given in return for an act.
• n. A prize promised for a certain deed or catch.
• n. The result of an action, whether good or bad.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To give (something) as a reward.
• v. (transitive) To give a reward to or for.
• v. (transitive) To recompense.

upgrade

• n. An upward grade or slope.
• n. An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
• n. An improvement.
• v. (transitive) To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more…
• v. (transitive) To replace with something better.
• v. (transitive) To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to.
• v. (intransitive) To improve in condition or status.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher…
• adv. Up a slope or grade.