Synonyms for venerate
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Revere — to revere or hold in awe
revere, idolize, idolise UK, honor US, honour UK, worship, glorify, adore, exalt, laud, praise, appraise, eulogize, eulogise UK, extol, aggrandize, aggrandise UK, magnify, lionize UK US, lionise UK, panegyrize, panegyrise UK, bepraise, belaud rare
2. Hallow — to treat with great respect and deference
hallow, respect, esteem, admire, think much of, look up to, value, prize US, prise UK, regard dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To treat with great respect and deference.
- v. 2
To revere or hold in awe.
Related words
- Word family
- venerable veneration venerative
Forms
- Past participle
- venerated
e.g. venerated → revered, idolized, honor'd, worshiped…
Choose the right word
We honor and respect noble character wherever found; we revere and venerate it in the aged.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- worship If you worship God alone, you will go to paradise.
- glorify There are economic systems that don't glorify money.
- idolize I don't understand why people idolize criminals.
- respect Respect of the young for the old is quite natural.
- admire I just admire the diversity of life on our planet.
By length
- 4 letters
- fear1, laud1, fere, feer
- 5 letters
- value2, honor2, prize1, adore2, exalt2, prise, extol2
- 6 letters
- honour2, regard2, praise1, admire2, esteem2, revere2, hallow2, belaud
- 7 letters
- respect2, worship2, glorify3, magnify3, idolize3, idolise, lionize3, lionise
- 8 letters
- appraise2, eulogize3, eulogise, bepraise
- 9 letters
- reverence3
- 10 letters
- aggrandize3, aggrandise, panegyrize, panegyrise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (value2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- vénérer