elevation

noun

1 his elevation to the peerage:

promotion, upgrading, advancement, advance, preferment, aggrandizement, move up, step up;

ennoblement;

informal step up the ladder, kick upstairs, leg-up.

▷antonyms demotion.

2 as the road gains elevation, the maples begin to appear:

altitude, height, distance above the sea/ground;

loftiness.

3 most early plantation development was at the higher elevations:

height, hill, mound, mountain, mount, eminence, rise;

high ground, raised ground, rising ground;

formal acclivity.

▷antonyms depth.

4 houses with plastered elevations and tiled roofs:

side, face, facade, aspect.

5 elevation of thought:

grandeur, greatness, nobility, magnificence, loftiness, majesty, grandioseness, sublimity.