Synonyms for idolize
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Revere — to adore excessively; to revere immoderately
revere, venerate, deify, think much of, adore, respect, eulogize, eulogise UK, exalt, honor US, honour UK, extol, laud, reverence, look up to, praise, esteem, cry up, worthy, magnify, value, puff, prize US, prise UK, lionize UK US, lionise UK
2. Hero-worship
Definitions
- v. 1
To adore excessively; to revere immoderately.
She was idolized by her students.
- v. 2
To make an idol of, or to worship as an idol.
Related words
- Word family
- idolization idoliser
- Other spellings
- idolise UK
Forms
- Past participle
- idolized
e.g. idolized → revered, venerated, deified, adored…
Example sentences
- adore I texted her to tell her how much I adore her.
- venerate We dishonor the living and venerate the dead.
By length
- 4 letters
- puff1, laud1
- 5 letters
- value2, honor2, prize1, adore2, exalt2, prise, extol2, deify3
- 6 letters
- honour2, praise1, worthy2, esteem2, revere2
- 7 letters
- respect2, worship2, magnify3, lionize3, lionise
- 8 letters
- venerate3, eulogize3, eulogise
- 9 letters
- reverence3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (value2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- idolâtrer