Idolize
11idolize — UK [ˈaɪdəlaɪz] / US [ˈaɪd(ə)lˌaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms idolize : present tense I/you/we/they idolize he/she/it idolizes present participle idolizing past tense idolized past participle idolized to think that someone is perfect She… …
12idolize — idolization, n. idolizer, n. /uyd l uyz /, v., idolized, idolizing. v.t. 1. to regard with blind adoration, devotion, etc. 2. to worship as a god. v.i. 3. to practice idolatry: to idolize as did ancient Greece and Rome. Also, esp. Brit., idolise …
13idolize — [[t]a͟ɪdəlaɪz[/t]] idolizes, idolizing, idolized VERB If you idolize someone, you admire them very much. [V n] Naomi idolised her father as she was growing up... [V n] A tall, soft spoken woman, she is idolized by her young patients. Syn: worsh …
14idolize — verb the kids idolize their fighter pilot father Syn: hero worship, worship, revere, venerate, deify, lionize; stand in awe of, reverence, look up to, admire, adore, exalt; informal put on a pedestal See note at revere …
15idolize — verb ( ized; izing) Date: 1598 transitive verb to worship as a god; broadly to love or admire to excess < the common people whom he so idolized Times Literary Supplement > intransitive verb to practice idolatry • idolization noun • idolizer …
16idolize — verb a) To make an idol of, or to worship as an idol. b) To adore excessively; to revere immoderately …
17idolize — Synonyms and related words: accord respect to, admire, adore, adulate, apotheosize, appreciate, belaud, bepraise, bless, blow up, boast of, brag about, celebrate, cherish, cry up, dearly love, defer to, deify, do homage to, do service, dote,… …
18idolize — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. glorify, adore, revere, canonize; see admire 1 , worship 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. look up to, admire, revere, worship, venerate, deify, hero worship, honor, *put on a pedestal, *worship the ground one walks on.… …
19idolize — i|dol|ize also idolise BrE [ˈaıdəl aız] v [T] to admire and love someone so much that you think they are perfect ▪ They had one child, a girl whom they idolized …
20idolize — i|dol|ize [ aıdl,aız ] verb transitive to think that someone is perfect: Leo had idolized Madonna from the start. She idolized her husband and would never criticize him …
