Synonyms of idolize

verbTo adore excessively; to revere immoderately.

• exaltTo honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship.
• magnifyTo praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God).
• venerateTo treat with great respect and deference.
• worthyTo render or treat as worthy.
• aggrandizeTo make appear great or greater; to exalt.
• applaudTo praise, or express approval for something or someone.
• enthrone literary
• appraiseTo praise; to commend.
• bepraiseTo praise greatly or extravagantly.
• commendTo praise or acclaim.
• cry upTo extol, praise.
• eulogizeTo praise, celebrate or pay homage to (someone), especially in an eloquent formal eulogy.
• extolTo praise; to make high.
• glorifyTo make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is; regard something or someone as excellent baselessly.
• honorTo think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of.
• laudTo praise; to glorify.
• lionize
• panegyrizeTo praise, especially in an eloquent speech or in writing.
• praiseTo give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.
• puffTo praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
• revereTo honour in a form lesser than worship, e.g., a saint, or an idol.
• speak well ofTo say good things about someone or something.
• transfigureTo glorify or exalt.
• esteemTo set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.
• lay store bySynonym of set store by.
• look up toTo show respect or admiration for (someone); to see (someone) as a role model.
• prizeTo consider highly valuable; to esteem.
• hallow
• put store bySynonym of set store by.
• put store inSynonym of set store by.
• rate informalTo consider or regard.
• respectTo have respect for.
• set store byTo believe that something is very necessary or important; to value highly.
• valueTo regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.
• belaud rareTo load with praise; praise greatly; extol.
• regard obsoleteTo set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect.