exalted
adjective (IMPORTANT) /ɪɡˈzɑl.tɪd/
/-ˈzɑːl.t̬ɪd/ Definition
› An exalted position in an organization is a very important one: She rose to the exalted post of Foreign Secretary.Important people and describing important peopleFamous peopleWealthy people
(Definition of exalted adjective (IMPORTANT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- august adjective
- baron noun
- be the cat's whiskers idiom
- big fish/gun/noise/shot idiom
- big hitter noun
- doyen noun
- fat cat noun
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