Synonyms for deify
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Idolize — to regard as being like a deity; to treat as worthy of worship; to exalt
2. Apotheosize — to make into a god
apotheosize, apotheosise UK, mythologize, mythologise UK, demideify, divinize, divinise UK
Definitions
- v. 1
To make into a god.
Near-synonyms: demideify, mythologize
- v. 2
To regard as being like a deity; to treat as worthy of worship; to exalt.
Related words
- Word family
- deific deification
Forms
- Past participle
- deified
e.g. deified → idolized, idealized, exalted, worshiped…
Example sentences
- worship If you worship God alone, you will go to paradise.
- exalt The party will continue to exalt their hero.
- idolize I don't understand why people idolize criminals.
- idealize A sociopath would idealize you one minute and demonize you the next minute.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| deify | steady | |
| worship | rising | |
| exalt | rising | |
| idolize | rising | |
| idealize | rising | |
| mythologize | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- exalt2
- 7 letters
- worship2, idolize3, idolise
- 8 letters
- idealize3, idealise, divinize, divinise
- 9 letters
- demideify
- 11 letters
- mythologize, apotheosize, apotheosise, mythologise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (exalt2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- déifier
- Italiano
- deificare
- Español
- deificar
- Deutsch
- vergöttern