Synonyms of ennoble

ennoble

verb

i-ˈnō-bəl 

as in to elevate

to assign a high status or value to

the heroic actions of firefighters during the terrorist attack did much to ennoble the profession of fire fighting in the public mind

Synonyms & Similar Words

• elevate
• promote
• exalt
• dignify
• lift
• aggrandize
• enshrine
• enthrone
• glorify
• deify
• magnify
• canonize
• upgrade
• honor
• uplift
• raise
• heighten
• boost
• praise
• intensify
• ensky
• idealize
• romanticize
• sanitize
• extol
• laud
• extoll
• sugarcoat
• acclaim

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humble
• degrade
• humiliate
• demean
• minimize
• detract
• disparage
• belittle
• abase
• depreciate
• decry

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of ennoble

Biden, by comparison, deserves to be ennobled, not ejected. —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024

Hayek’s paternal great-great-grandfather, a textile manufacturer in Moravia, was ennobled at the end of the eighteenth century; his son squandered his wealth in the course of the nineteenth. —Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024

Francesca’s father Diego was inspired to ennoble Sicily’s then-low-end wine production at a time when the focus was on volume rather than quality. —Sofia Celeste, WWD, 21 June 2024

There is little that is ennobling in an enterprise whose primary mission is to seek and destroy. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2024