elevatedEnglishOxford American Thesauruselevated adjective 1 an elevated highway: raised, upraised, uplifted, lifted up, high up, aloft, aerial, overhead, hoisted. 2 he told the story with the elevated language of an old Roman: lofty, exalted, high, grand, fine, sublime; inflated, pompous, bombastic, orotund; rare fustian. ▷antonyms lowly, base. 3 the parish gentry were conscious of their elevated status: dignified, grand, lofty, noble, eminent, exalted, revered, august, great, high, higher, high/higher up, superior; magnificent, sublime, inflated. ▷antonyms humble.