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elasticity, n. 1. flexibility, springiness, suppleness, rubberiness; plasticity, ductility, tensibility, tensileness, extensibility, dilatability, contractibility, contractility, resilience, recuperation.

2. adaptability, adjustability, accommodation, response; tolerance, agreeability, compliance, acquiescence.

elate, v. gladden, cheer, delight, thrill, please, hearten, make happy; exhilarate, elevate, lift up, Inf. turn on, make proud,

elated, adj. exhilarated, jubilant, exultant, euphoric, exalted, ecstatic; triumphant, happy, overjoyed, rejoicing, gleeful, joyful, delighted, excited; pleased, pleased as Punch, tickled, Inf. tickled pink; Sl. turned on, in high spirits, on top of the world, crowing, thrilled; transported, blissful, in paradise, carried away, treading or walking on air, on cloud nine, Dial. in hog heaven, Dial, in high cotton,

elation, n. euphoria, joy, cloud nine, exhilaration, jubilance, exaltation, ecstasy; thrill, rapture, transport, pleasure, delectation, delight, enjoyment, gratification, beatitude, happiness; jubilation, seventh heaven, rejoicing; enthusiasm, excitement, ebullition, high spirits.

elbow, n. 1. bend of the arm, ancon, funny bone, crazy bone; bend, fluxure, fold, sharp turn, right angle, corner, crook.

2. at one's elbow nearby, close by, at hand, within reach, handy; at one's finger tips, under one's nose.

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bend, lift or

crook an elbow drink, imbibe, Sl. souse, Inf. swig, Inf. booze.

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out at the elbows a. poorly dressed, shabby, disheveled, shoddy, Inf. seedy, in rags, down at the heels,
b. impoverished, poverty-stricken, needy, in want, pauperized, beggarly.

5. rub elbows with mingle with, associate with, hobnob, fraternize, socialize, mix, Inf. hang out or around with.

6. up to one's elbows very busy, engrossed, occupied, absorbed, engaged; up to one's ears in, head over heels in, immersed in, wrapped up in, all wound up in.

-v. 7. jostle, shoulder, hustle, scuffle, scramble; push, bump, shove, plow, bulldoze,

elbowroom, n. ample room, spare room, enough space; growing room, breathing room, Ger. Lebens-raum; latitude, margin, free play; sweep, range, swing; open space, free space, clearing, expanse; opportunity, freedom.

elder, adj. 1. older, senior, of greater years, more advanced in age.

2. higher ranking, ranking, superior, chief, preeminent, paramount, foremost, primary, prime, principal.
3. earlier, former, prior, previous, bygone.

-n. 4. senior, superior, master, first-born; parent, forefather, ancestor, forebear; predecessor.

5. elderly person, aged person, oldster, veteran, Inf old-timer, graybeard, Rare, grisard, retiree, senior citizen, Euph. golden-ager, Derog. old fogy; sexageneri-an, septuagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenerian, centenarian.

6. chief, ruler, patriarch; dean, elder statesman, grand old man.

7. presbyter, governing layman, assistant pastor, preacher.

elderly, adj. 1. old, rather old, oldish, on in years, along in years, advanced in years, past one's prime, Inf. over the hill, Derog. long in the teeth; late middle-aged, Fr. d'un certain age; gray-haired, gray-headed; aged, hoary, venerable, patriarchal; ancient, senile, (of women) anile, decrepit, senescent, aging; retired, superannuated.