Synonyms of puts/places (someone) on a pedestal

puts/places (someone) on a pedestal

phrase

present tense third-person singular of put/place (someone) on a pedestal

as in elevates

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

• elevates
• apotheosizes
• loves
• celebrates
• decorates
• recognizes
• lionizes
• exalts
• deifies
• canonizes
• aggrandizes
• enshrines
• cheers
• acknowledges
• respects
• enthrones
• ennobles
• congratulates
• enskies
• romanticizes
• glorifies
• magnifies
• idealizes
• reverences
• venerates
• dignifies
• admires
• highlights
• reveres
• promotes
• worships
• honors
• plays up
• praises
• boasts
• compliments
• regards
• advances
• adores
• applauds
• uplifts
• extolls
• salutes
• cites
• fetes
• upgrades
• commends
• eulogizes
• hails
• lifts
• lauds
• fêtes
• raises
• extols
• touts
• acclaims
• boosts
• spotlights

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• takes down
• lowers
• degrades
• discounts
• puts down
• knocks (someone) off his/her pedestal
• minimizes
• dishonors
• discountenances
• diminishes
• humiliates
• debases
• humbles
• sinks
• smirches
• demeans
• mortifies
• criticizes
• cheapens
• disgraces
• chastens
• fouls
• detracts
• discredits
• shames
• abashes
• disconcerts
• abases
• confounds
• confuses
• rattles
• writes off
• fazes
• flusters
• embarrasses
• disparages
• depreciates
• slanders
• decries
• ridicules
• cries down
• discomfits
• violates
• belittles
• insults
• defiles
• libels
• castigates
• nonplusses
• defames
• affronts
• execrates
• maligns
• nonpluses
• reprehends
• condemns
• denounces
• bad-mouths
• reprobates
• desecrates
• censures
• damns
• blasphemes
• offends
• outrages
• scorns
• smears
• profanes
• piques
• slurs
• disrespects
• slights