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Main Entry: adore
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: love intensely

Synonyms:

admire, be crazy about, be gone on, be mad for, be nuts about, be serious about, be smitten with, be stuck on, be sweet on, be wild about, cherish, delight in, dig*, dote on, esteem, exalt, fall for, flip over, glorify, go for, honor, idolize, prize, revere, reverence, treasure, venerate, worship

Antonyms:

abhor, condemn, despise, detest, hate
Main Entry: admire
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hold in high regard

Synonyms:

adore, applaud, appreciate, approve, be crazy about, be crazy for, be crazy over, be mad about, be nuts about, be stuck on, be sweet on, be wild about, cherish, commend, credit, delight in, esteem, eulogize, extol, fall for, get high on, glorify, go for, groove on, hail, hold in respect, honor, idolize, laud, look up to, marvel at, moon over, pay homage to, praise, prize, rate highly, respect, revere, take pleasure in, think highly of, treasure, value, venerate, wonder at, worship

Antonyms:

abhor, condemn, despise, detest, dislike, execrate, hate, scorn
Main Entry: appreciate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: value highly

Synonyms:

admire, adore, applaud, apprise, cherish, enjoy, esteem, extol, honor, like, look up to, love, praise, prize, rate highly, regard, relish, respect, savor, treasure
Notes: the use of 'appreciate' should involve valuing something or understanding it sympathetically, and when there is no value or sympathy, use 'recognize' or 'understand'; appreciate first meant 'set at a price; appraised'
Main Entry: cherish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: care about deeply

Synonyms:

admire, adore, appreciate, apprize, care for, clasp, cleave to, cling to, coddle, comfort, cosset, cultivate, defend, dote on, embrace, encourage, enshrine, entertain, fancy, fondle, foster, guard, harbor, hold dear, hold in high esteem, honor, hug, idolize, like, love, nourish, nurse, nurture, pet, preserve, prize, revere, reverence, safeguard, shelter, shield, support, sustain, treasure, value, venerate, worship

Antonyms:

abandon, denounce, forsake, not care, renounce
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: delight in
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take pleasure from

Synonyms:

admire, adore, amuse oneself, appreciate, be content, be pleased, cherish, dig*, eat up, enjoy, feast on, get a kick out of, get high on, get off on, glory in, groove on, indulge in, like, live a little, live it up, love, luxuriate in, relish, revel in, savor

Antonyms:

dislike, hate
Main Entry: dote on/dote upon
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lavish affection on

Synonyms:

admire, adore, be fond of, be infatuated with, be sweet on, cherish, enjoy, fancy, hold dear, idolize, like, love, pet, prize, treasure, worship

Antonyms:

ignore, neglect
Main Entry: enjoy
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take pleasure in, from something

Synonyms:

adore, appreciate, be entertained, be fond of, be pleased, cotton to, delight in, dig*, dote on, drink in, eat up, fancy, flip over, freak out on, get a charge out of, get a kick out of, get high on, go, have a ball, have a good time, have fun, like, live a little, live it up, love, luxuriate in, mind, paint the town, rejoice in, relish, revel in, savor, take joy in, thrill to

Antonyms:

detest, dislike, hate
Main Entry: honor
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: recognize, treat with respect

Synonyms:

acclaim, admire, adore, aggrandize, appreciate, be faithful, be true, celebrate, commemorate, commend, compliment, decorate, dignify, distinguish, ennoble, erect, esteem, exalt, give glad hand, give key to city, glorify, hallow, keep, laud, lionize, live up to, look up to, magnify, observe, praise, prize, revere, roll out red carpet, sanctify, sublime, uprear, value, venerate, worship

Antonyms:

betray, denounce, disgrace, dishonor, disrespect, reproach, shame
Main Entry: idolize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: think of very highly; worship

Synonyms:

admire, adore, apotheosize, bow down, canonize, deify, dote on, exalt, glorify, look up to, love, put on a pedestal, revere, reverence, venerate

Antonyms:

despise
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