Synonyms for sublime
səˈblaɪmsub·lime

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1. sublime

   Synonyms:
   august, beneficent, commanding, dignified, exalted, glorious, grand, great, helpful, lofty, mighty, noble, superb, superior

   Antonyms:
   abject, base, contemptible, despicable, lamentable, miserable, mournful, moving, paltry, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, sorrowful, touching, woful, wretched

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1. sublime

   Synonyms:
   raised, exalted, lofty, elevated, eminent, grand, stately, high, noble, majestic, glorious, magnificent

   Antonyms:
   low, depressed, unexalted, inconspicuous, unimposing, ordinary, mean, ignoble, inglorious, base, ridiculous

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1. Sublimeadjective

   Synonyms:
   Exalted, lofty, noble, majestic. See Grand.

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1. empyreal, empyrean, sublimeadjective

   inspiring awe

   "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso; "the sublime beauty of the night"

   Synonyms:
   empyreal, rarified, noble-minded, empyrean, elevated, lofty, idealistic, reverend, exalted, high-minded, high-flown, grand, rarefied

   Antonyms:
   inglorious, ignoble, profane, dejected, secular

2. reverend, sublimeadjective

   worthy of adoration or reverence

   Synonyms:
   empyreal, rarified, noble-minded, empyrean, elevated, lofty, idealistic, reverend, exalted, high-minded, high-flown, grand, rarefied

   Antonyms:
   inglorious, dejected, ignoble, profane, secular

3. sublimeadjective

   lifted up or set high

   "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton

   Synonyms:
   empyreal, noble-minded, empyrean, elevated, lofty, idealistic, reverend, exalted, rarified, high-minded, high-flown, grand, rarefied

   Antonyms:
   profane, secular, ignoble, dejected, inglorious

4. exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-mindedverb

   of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

   "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"

   Synonyms:
   gilded, marvelous, proud, opulent, empyrean, heroic, rattling(a), majestic, deluxe, elevated, wondrous, imposing, raised(a), rarified, noble-minded, eminent, empyreal, lordly, gallant, wonderful, grand, marvellous, ideal, high-sounding, tremendous, distinguished, luxurious, idealistic, fantastic, inflated, exalted, reverend, rare, princely, rarefied, sumptuous, high-minded, august, terrific, high-flown, lofty, magisterial, towering, howling(a), expansive, soaring

   Antonyms:
   secular, profane, inglorious, ignoble, dejected

5. sublime, sublimateverb

   vaporize and then condense right back again

   Synonyms:
   rarefy, distill, make pure, purify, subtilize, sublimate

   Antonyms:
   ignoble, dejected, inglorious, secular, profane

6. sublime, sublimateverb

   change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting

   "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"

   Synonyms:
   rarefy, distill, make pure, purify, subtilize, sublimate

   Antonyms:
   secular, ignoble, dejected, inglorious, profane

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Vaporize

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1. sublimeadjective

   Synonyms:
   high, elevated

2. sublimeadjective

   Synonyms:
   exalted (in excellence or dignity), great, noble, grand, lofty, dignified, stately, majestic

3. sublimeverb

   Synonyms:
   vaporize (as a solid, to be again condensed), sublimate

4. sublimeverb

   Synonyms:
   refine, exalt, elevate, heighten

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1. sublimeadjective

   Synonyms:
   exalted, grand, magnificent, glorious, majestic

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1. List of paraphrases for "sublime":

   gorgeous, beautiful, glorious, breathtaking, magnificent, lofty

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How to use sublime in a sentence?

1. Dr. Jose P. Rizal:

   No, let us not make God in our image, poor inhabitants that we are of a distant planet lost in infinite space. However brilliant and sublime our intelligence may be, it is scarcely more than a small spark which shines and in an instant is extinguished, and it alone can give us no idea of that blaze, that conflagration, that ocean of light!

2. Socrates:

   I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.

3. Ian Hornak, Cover Magazine, 1994; American Idealist & Realist Painter and Draughtsman recognized for his collaboration with the:

   While I know that the beautiful, the spiritual, and the sublime are today suspect, I have begun to stop resisting the constant urge to deny that beauty has a valid right to exist in contemporary art.

4. Mickey Mehta:

   For most of the things children do, parents are responsible. A good seed, noble thoughts and upbringing deeds can determine the character and personality feeds of our children. The amount of money we spend on them is not funny, to please them that's ain't the way honey! Give them your time to make their life sublime. Children are soft clay, mould them the appropriate way. Let your children's life not be compromised, let them blossom in fertile fields to Get Mickeymized.

5. William John Bennett:

   The elementary school must assume as its sublime and most solemn responsibility the task of teaching every child in it to read. Any school that does not accomplish this has failed.