| Main Entry: | revere/reverence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have a high opinion of |
Synonyms: |
admire, adore, apotheosize, appreciate, be in awe of, cherish, defer to, deify, enjoy, esteem, exalt, hold in awe, honor, look up to, love, magnify, pay homage, prize, put on pedestal, regard, respect, think highly of, treasure, value, venerate, worship |
Antonyms: |
despise, disregard |
| Main Entry: | revere |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prize |
Synonyms: |
admire, adore, apotheosize, appreciate, cherish, defer to, deify, enjoy, esteem, exalt, honor, love, magnify, pay homage, prize, regard, respect, reverence, treasure, value, venerate, worship |
Antonyms: |
despise |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 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 |
| Notes: | cherish means to be fond of, be attached to, while nurture means to bring up, help develop, help grow, or provide with nourishment |
Antonyms: |
abandon, denounce, forsake, not care, renounce |
| Main Entry: | enshrine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold as sacred |
Synonyms: |
apotheosize, bless, cherish, consecrate, dedicate, embalm, exalt, hallow, idolize, preserve, revere, sanctify, treasure |
Antonyms: |
defile, desecrate, disrespect |
| Main Entry: | esteem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think highly of |
Synonyms: |
admire, appreciate, apprise, be fond of, cherish, consider, hold dear, honor, idolize, like, look up to, love, prize, regard, regard highly, respect, revere, reverence, think the world of, treasure, value, venerate, worship |
Antonyms: |
abuse, dislike, disregard, disrespect, hate, insult, mock, ridicule |
| Main Entry: | exalt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | promote, praise |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, advance, aggrandize, apotheosize, applaud, bless, boost, build up*, commend, dignify, distinguish, ennoble, erect, eulogize, extol, glorify, halo, honor, idolize, intensify, laud, magnify, pay homage to, pay tribute to, raise, revere, set on pedestal, sublime, transfigure, upgrade, uprear, worship |
Antonyms: |
castigate, condemn, criticize, debase, denounce, humiliate |
| Main Entry: | glorify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adore, idolize |
Synonyms: |
adorn, aggrandize, apotheosize, augment, beatify, bless, canonize, deify, dignify, distinguish, elevate, enhance, ennoble, enshrine, erect, exalt, halo*, honor, illuminate, immortalize, lift up, magnify, pay homage to, raise, revere, sanctify, transfigure, uprear, venerate, worship |
Antonyms: |
humiliate, lower, mock, shame |