Word meaning
elated
adjective · ih-LAY-tid
What does elated mean?
Elated means ecstatically happy.
Elated in a sentence
“She was elated to get into her first-choice school.”
Synonyms for elated
- thrilled
- overjoyed
- jubilant
How to remember elated
- Say it out loud a few times: ih-LAY-tid.
- Write one sentence of your own using elated, about something that happened to you today.
- Quiz yourself tomorrow, in three days, and next week. Spaced reviews are what make new words stick.
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