Synonyms for glorify
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Extol
extol, laud, magnify, aggrandize, aggrandise UK, honor US, honour UK, bless, proclaim, celebrate, elevate, dignify, eulogize, eulogise UK, venerate, commend, cry up, applaud, panegyrize, panegyrise UK, puff, ennoble, enthrone formal, lionize UK US, lionise UK, bepraise, uplift
2. Transfigure
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).
- v. 2
To make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is; regard something or someone as excellent baselessly.
Some movies glorify mobsters by making them seem like the cool kids around the block.
Related words
- Word family
- glory glorification
- Is a kind of
- approve compliment
Forms
- Past participle
- glorified
e.g. glorified → extolled, lauded, magnified, aggrandized…
Example sentences
- magnify You can use a magnifying glass to magnify small text.
- extol I plan to extol your virtues to all who will listen.
- illustrate Can you illustrate that using a concrete example?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| glorify | rising | |
| magnify | rising | |
| laud | steady | |
| extol | steady | |
| aggrandize | steady | |
| illustrate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- puff1, laud1
- 5 letters
- honor2, bless1, extol2
- 6 letters
- honour2, uplift2
- 7 letters
- applaud2, elevate3, commend2, magnify3, dignify3, ennoble3, lionize3, lionise
- 8 letters
- proclaim2, venerate3, eulogize3, enthrone, eulogise, bepraise
- 9 letters
- celebrate3
- 10 letters
- illustrate3, aggrandize3, aggrandise, panegyrize, panegyrise
- 11 letters
- distinguish3, transfigure
- 12 letters
- spiritualize, spiritualise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (honor2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- glorifier
- Español
- glorificar
- Deutsch
- loben
- Català
- exalçar