idolize
love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess;
venerate as an idol (Freq. 1)
- Many teenagers idolized the Beatles
• Syn:
idolise, worship, hero-worship, revere
• Derivationally related forms:
reverent (for: revere), reverence (for: revere), worship (for: worship), worshiper (for: worship), worshipper (for: worship), idolisation (for: idolise), idol (for: idolise), idolization, idolizer, idol
• Hypernyms:
adore
• Hyponyms:
drool over, slobber over
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam cannot idolize Sue
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