All lionize synonyms

verb lionize

• celebrate — If you celebrate, you do something enjoyable because of a special occasion or to mark someone's success.
• glorify — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
• idolize — to regard with blind adoration, devotion, etc.
• acclaim — If someone or something is acclaimed, they are praised enthusiastically.
• immortalize — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
• worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
• adulate — to flatter or praise obsequiously
• praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
• honor — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
• aggrandize — To aggrandize someone means to make them seem richer, more powerful, and more important than they really are. To aggrandize a building means to make it more impressive.
• hero-worship — to feel or express hero worship for.
• fete — a day of celebration; holiday: The Fourth of July is a great American fete.
• applaud — When a group of people applaud, they clap their hands in order to show approval, for example when they have enjoyed a play or concert.
• hail — to pour down on as or like hail: The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
• extol — Praise enthusiastically.
• eulogize — Praise highly in speech or writing.
• exalt — Hold (someone or something) in very high regard; think or speak very highly of.