Synonyms of put/place (someone) on a pedestal

put/place (someone) on a pedestal

phrase

as in elevate

to treat or regard (someone) as extraordinarily good, successful, important, etc.

When you're in love, there's a tendency to put your crush on a pedestal.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• elevate
• love
• celebrate
• decorate
• recognize
• exalt
• respect
• ensky
• acknowledge
• cheer
• canonize
• aggrandize
• enshrine
• congratulate
• worship
• reverence
• ennoble
• lionize
• enthrone
• deify
• admire
• apotheosize
• regard
• magnify
• glorify
• romanticize
• praise
• honor
• highlight
• promote
• dignify
• compliment
• revere
• idealize
• advance
• uplift
• adore
• venerate
• play up
• hail
• applaud
• boast
• salute
• acclaim
• cite
• upgrade
• commend
• fete
• fête
• laud
• lift
• extoll
• raise
• tout
• eulogize
• spotlight
• extol
• boost

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lower
• take down
• humble
• shame
• put down
• disgrace
• minimize
• knock (someone) off his/her pedestal
• foul
• dishonor
• sink
• humiliate
• discredit
• write off
• degrade
• take/knock/bring (someone) down a peg
• discount
• cry down
• debase
• confuse
• chasten
• cheapen
• demean
• diminish
• criticize
• libel
• embarrass
• disconcert
• confound
• ridicule
• mortify
• rattle
• abase
• detract
• fluster
• smirch
• faze
• discountenance
• belittle
• discomfit
• disparage
• malign
• depreciate
• insult
• slander
• decry
• abash
• violate
• defame
• defile
• affront
• damn
• condemn
• castigate
• bad-mouth
• nonplus
• censure
• denounce
• slight
• reprobate
• outrage
• execrate
• profane
• desecrate
• offend
• blaspheme
• disrespect
• reprehend
• scorn
• pique
• smear
• slur