| Main Entry: | consecrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in high religious regard |
Synonyms: |
anoint, beatify, bless, dedicate, devote, exalt, hallow, honor, ordain, sanctify, set apart, venerate |
Antonyms: |
deprecate |
| Main Entry: | anoint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bless, usually with oil or water |
Synonyms: |
bless, consecrate, daub, embrocate, grease, hallow, rub, sanctify, smear |
| Main Entry: | bless |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sanctify |
Synonyms: |
absolve, anoint, baptize, beatify, canonize, commend, confirm, consecrate, cross, dedicate, enshrine, eulogize, exalt, extol, give thanks to, glorify, hallow, honor, invoke benefits, invoke happiness, laud, magnify, make holy, offer, offer benediction, ordain, panegyrize, praise, pray for, pronounce holy, sacrifice, sign, sprinkle, thank |
Antonyms: |
condemn, curse, damn |
| Main Entry: | canonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sanctify; idolize |
Synonyms: |
apotheosize, beatify, besaint, bless, consecrate, dedicate, deify, glorify, idolatrize, love, put on a pedestal, saint, worship |
| Main Entry: | celebrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commemorate occasion, achievement |
Synonyms: |
beat the drum, bless, blow off steam, carouse, ceremonialize, commend, consecrate, dedicate, drink to, eulogize, exalt, extol, feast, fete, glorify, hallow, have a ball, honor, jubilate, keep, kick up one's heels, laud, let loose, lionize, live it up, make merry, make whoopee, mark with a red letter, memorialize, observe, paint the town red, party*, perform, praise, proclaim, publicize, raise hell, rejoice, revel, revere, ritualize, signalize, solemnize |
Antonyms: |
disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | dedicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sanctify |
Synonyms: |
anoint, bless, consecrate, hallow, set apart |
Antonyms: |
alienate, desecrate, misuse |
| Main Entry: | deify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | elevate, glorify |
Synonyms: |
adore, apostheosize, consecrate, ennoble, enthrone, exalt, extol, idealize, idolize, immortalize, venerate, worship |
Antonyms: |
degrade, dishonor, lower |
| Main Entry: | destine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predetermine, ordain |
Synonyms: |
allot, appoint, assign, consecrate, decide, decree, dedicate, design, determine, devote, doom, doom to, earmark*, fate, foreordain, intend, mark out, predestine, preform, preordain, purpose, reserve |
| Main Entry: | devote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commit one's energies, thoughts |
Synonyms: |
allot, apply, apportion, appropriate, assign, bestow, bless, concern oneself, confide, consecrate, consign, dedicate, donate, enshrine, entrust, give, give away, hallow, hand out, occupy oneself, pledge, present, reserve, sanctify, set apart, vow |
Antonyms: |
misappropriate, misuse, waste |
| Main Entry: | embalm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | preserve, immortalize |
Synonyms: |
anoint, cherish, consecrate, conserve, enshrine, freeze, lay out, mummify, prepare, process, store, treasure, wrap |