enthrone

enthrone

verb

Definition of ENTHRONE

to assign a high status or value to <the literary world has enthroned Shakespeare for so long that his preeminence among writers seems unassailable>

Synonyms aggrandize, canonize, deify, dignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, glorify, magnify

Related Words boost, lift, promote, raise, upgrade, uplift; heighten, intensify; idealize, romanticize, sanitize, sugarcoat; acclaim, extol (also extoll), honor, laud, praise

Near Antonyms belittle, decry, depreciate, detract, disparage, minimize

Antonyms abase, degrade, demean, humble, humiliate