elevate

1. Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position (synset 202402779)
   "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
   is a type of: assign, delegate, depute, designate - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
   subtypes:

   • tenure - give life-time employment to
   • bring up - promote from a lower position or rank
   • spot promote - promote on the spot
   • ennoble, entitle, gentle - give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
   • favor, favour, prefer - promote over another
   • brevet - promote somebody by brevet, in the military
   same as: advance, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade
2. Raise from a lower to a higher position (synset 201978076)
   "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
   causes: arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise - move upward
   is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
   subtypes:

   • get up - cause to rise
   • jack, jack up - lift with a special device
   • shoulder - lift onto one's shoulders
   • kick up - cause to rise by kicking
   • hoist, lift, wind - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
   • trice, trice up - raise with a line
   • hoist, run up - raise
   • hoist - move from one place to another by lifting
   • pump - raise (gases or fluids) with a pump
   • levitate - cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity
   • underlay - raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type
   • skid - elevate onto skids
   • pinnacle - raise on or as if on a pinnacle
   • chin, chin up - raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar
   • leaven, prove, raise - cause to puff up with a leaven
   • heighten - increase the height of
   • boost, hike, hike up - increase
   • gather up, lift up, pick up - take and lift upward
   • erect, rear - cause to rise up
   same as: bring up, get up, lift, raise
3. Raise in rank or condition (synset 200545629)
   "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   subtypes:

   • dignify - raise the status of
   • exalt - raise in rank, character, or status
   same as: lift, raise

Other Searches

• Rhyme: Dillfrog, RhymeZone
• Definition: Wiktionary, Dictionary.com, Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster, WordNet, Power Thesaurus
• Imagery: Google, Flickr, Bing