1. Raised above the ground
   "an elevated platform"
    
2. Of superior moral, intellectual, or spiritual quality; rising above the ordinary or mundane
   "an elevated ideal";
   - exalted, sublime, grand, high-flown, lofty, rarefied, rarified
    
3. Increased in amount or degree
   "elevated temperature";
   - raised

1. A railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level
   "Chicago's famous 'L' is an example of an elevated railway";
   - elevated railway, elevated railroad, el [US], overhead railway

1. Take from a lower to a higher position
   "elevate your hands";
   - raise, lift, get up, bring up
    
2. Increase in condition, wealth, quality of life, etc.
   "The new law elevated many people from poverty";
   - lift, raise
    
3. Make more elevated or refined in quality
   "Good art can elevate the human spirit"
    
4. Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
   "I got elevated after many years of hard work";
   - promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs [informal], raise

Derived forms: elevateds

See also: high-minded, idealistic, increased, noble, noble-minded, raised

Type of: alter, assign, change, delegate, depute, designate, displace, modify, move, rail, railroad [N. Amer], railroad line [N. Amer], railway [Brit, Cdn], railway line [Brit, Cdn], railway system [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Elevated