Antonyms of verb degrade

1 of 3 senses of degrade

Sense 1
degrade -- (reduce the level of land, as by erosion)
       Antonym of aggrade (Sense 1)
      => aggrade -- (build up to a level by depositing sediment)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb degrade

3 senses of degrade

Sense 1
degrade -- (reduce the level of land, as by erosion)

Sense 2
take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down -- (reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture")
       => humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase -- (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss")

Sense 3
degrade, cheapen -- (lower the grade of something; reduce its worth)
       => worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate -- (make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain")

Antonyms of adj degraded

2 senses of degraded

Sense 1
debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast -- (unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women")

INDIRECT (VIA immoral) -> moral -- (concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles; "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life")

Sense 2
debased, devalued, degraded -- (lowered in value; "the dollar is low"; "a debased currency")

INDIRECT (VIA low) -> high -- (greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has high hopes"; "the river is high"; "he has a high opinion of himself")

Similarity of adj degraded

2 senses of degraded

Sense 1
debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast -- (unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women")
       => immoral (vs. moral) -- (deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong)

Sense 2
debased, devalued, degraded -- (lowered in value; "the dollar is low"; "a debased currency")
       => low (vs. high) -- (less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low")