Synonyms of elation

elation

noun

i-ˈlā-shən 

as in ecstasy

a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion

most people can't imagine the kind of elation that comes with winning a super lottery's grand prize, but they're dying to find out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ecstasy
• joy
• happiness
• euphoria
• heaven
• exhilaration
• delight
• pleasure
• rapture
• high
• joyfulness
• frenzy
• intoxication
• trance
• rhapsody
• bliss
• transport
• paradise
• glee
• seventh heaven
• swoon
• blissfulness
• elatedness
• cloud nine
• cheerfulness
• exaltation
• joyousness
• gladness
• jubilation
• madness
• cheer
• fervor
• reverie
• blessedness
• felicity
• exuberance
• enchantment
• inspiration
• gayety
• jubilance
• gaiety
• passion
• gleefulness
• lightheartedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• depression
• sadness
• misery
• unhappiness
• woe
• wretchedness
• despair
• dejection
• melancholy
• gloom
• despondency
• blues
• desolation
• dreariness
• dumps
• doldrums
• gloominess
• forlornness
• disheartenment
• heartsickness
• downheartedness
• dispiritedness
• mopes
• disconsolateness

Examples of elation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The elation of her opponents, who managed to limit her gains Sunday, is understandable. —Lee Hockstader, Washington Post, 8 July 2024

They're sometimes filled with too much elation or anger to be useful. —Jeffrey Van Camp Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 20 June 2024

Despite the elation expressed by male artistic swimmers around the world at the decision, neither May nor any other male competitor from the ten countries that qualified for the team event will be competing in Paris. —Vicki Valosik / Made By History, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024

The team-win feeling is really one of true elation. —Nick Remsen, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2024