Synonyms of canonizing

canonizing 1 of 2

adjective

as in exalting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exalting
• glorifying
• enshrining
• dedicatory
• testimonial
• epitaphic
• memorial
• commemorative
• honorary
• memorializing
• commemorating
• epitaphial

canonizing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of canonize

1

as in adoring

to love or admire too much

a singing star so canonized by his fans that they refuse to believe anything bad about him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adoring
• worshiping
• worshipping
• idolizing
• deifying
• revering
• adulating
• hero-worshiping
• liking
• regarding
• doting (on)
• hero-worshipping
• valuing
• respecting
• cherishing
• venerating
• favoring
• appreciating
• treasuring
• preferring
• approving
• endorsing
• esteeming
• prizing
• fancying
• indorsing
• hallowing
• supporting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hating
• despising
• disdaining
• disliking
• detesting
• abhorring
• loathing
• disparaging
• belittling
• deprecating
• abominating
• putting down
• misprizing

2

as in elevating

to assign a high status or value to

those movie buffs who have canonized Alfred Hitchcock as filmdom's preeminent director

Synonyms & Similar Words

• elevating
• promoting
• lifting
• enshrining
• deifying
• exalting
• enthroning
• aggrandizing
• glorifying
• dignifying
• ennobling
• honoring
• upgrading
• magnifying
• praising
• raising
• boosting
• enskying
• uplifting
• heightening
• romanticizing
• intensifying
• idealizing
• acclaiming
• lauding
• sanitizing
• extolling
• sugarcoating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• degrading
• humiliating
• minimizing
• humbling
• decrying
• disparaging
• demeaning
• belittling
• detracting
• depreciating
• abasing