Synonyms of enshrines

enshrines

verb

present tense third-person singular of enshrine

as in elevates

to assign a high status or value to

some teachers tend to enshrine their personal preferences as sacred rules of English grammar

Synonyms & Similar Words

• elevates
• promotes
• exalts
• lifts
• enthrones
• ennobles
• deifies
• dignifies
• aggrandizes
• magnifies
• canonizes
• glorifies
• raises
• honors
• heightens
• boosts
• uplifts
• praises
• upgrades
• enskies
• intensifies
• idealizes
• extols
• romanticizes
• lauds
• sanitizes
• acclaims
• sugarcoats

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• degrades
• demeans
• humiliates
• humbles
• minimizes
• detracts
• decries
• disparages
• belittles
• depreciates
• abases

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of enshrines

While there are exceptions, this prevents teams from ever falling under the control of a single, external investor and enshrines supporters as stakeholders to whom, ultimately, those who make decisions are accountable. — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 27 July 2026

One law enshrines Torah study as a foundational state value in a Basic Law, a move that critics say lays the constitutional groundwork for exemptions to survive future Supreme Court challenges. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

And that the story of America — the story this center enshrines — is still being written, one act of community at a time. — Jenan Mohajir, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

Public media protections House Bill 4420 enshrines the editorial independence of public radio and television stations affiliated with Illinois colleges and universities. — Ben Szalinski, CBS News, 29 June 2026

Their multispecies map is a…blueprint that enshrines the right to roam for the entire animal kingdom. — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026

Kentucky law enshrines this requirement for every legal horse racing wager in the state, whether at a Churchill Downs window or through an app. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 2 May 2026

Thankfully, in the United States, the Constitution enshrines the right to keep and bear arms. — Gayle Pearlstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026

Melbourne cafe owner Michael Hannah looks over the half-empty lunchtime tables and frets how much worse things will be when the state government enshrines a world-first right to work-from-home later this year. — Joe Flynn, Bloomberg, 1 Apr. 2026