Synonyms of glorify

glorify

verb

ˈglȯr-ə-ˌfī 

1

as in to elevate

to assign a high status or value to

a number of big names were recruited in the hopes that their presence would glorify the university's school of medicine in the eyes of the medical world

Synonyms & Similar Words

• elevate
• promote
• exalt
• ennoble
• lift
• dignify
• aggrandize
• magnify
• deify
• enthrone
• enshrine
• canonize
• honor
• praise
• upgrade
• raise
• uplift
• heighten
• boost
• ensky
• intensify
• idealize
• romanticize
• extol
• sugarcoat
• laud
• sanitize
• acclaim

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humble
• humiliate
• degrade
• demean
• minimize
• detract
• disparage
• belittle
• decry
• depreciate
• abase

2

as in to venerate

to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power

let us now glorify the Lord

Synonyms & Similar Words

• venerate
• worship
• revere
• reverence
• honor
• praise
• admire
• adore
• deify
• love
• respect
• exalt
• dignify
• regard
• extol
• please
• lionize
• magnify
• laud
• apotheosize
• canonize
• gratify
• delight
• satisfy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• violate
• desecrate
• blaspheme
• offend
• insult
• ridicule
• dishonor
• profane
• scorn
• outrage
• slight
• displease
• disparage
• disrespect
• defame
• libel
• affront
• smear
• slander
• pique
• malign
• slur

3

as in to advertise

to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively

fond parents who glorify everything that their precious offspring do

Synonyms & Similar Words

• advertise
• promote
• announce
• commend
• acclaim
• tout
• trumpet
• crack up
• extol
• cry up
• applaud
• laud
• blow up
• tub-thump
• proclaim
• offer
• eulogize
• compliment
• magnify
• ballyhoo
• publicize
• pronounce
• declare
• blare
• herald
• claim
• assert
• plug
• blaze
• blazon
• boost
• aver
• advance
• make out
• lay down

4

as in to celebrate

to proclaim the glory of

the hillsides ablaze in red and gold silently glorify New England in the fall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• celebrate
• praise
• bless
• exalt
• extol
• hymn
• worship
• laud
• salute
• applaud
• magnify
• resound
• emblazon
• idolize
• commend
• carol
• cheer
• compliment
• eulogize
• chant
• cite
• hail
• deify
• renown
• acclaim
• adore
• rhapsodize
• recommend
• flatter
• belaud
• tout
• crack up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blame
• criticize
• censure
• reprobate
• reprove
• admonish
• chide
• reprehend
• rebuke
• reproach
• reprimand
• castigate
• keelhaul
• lambaste

5

as in to idealize

to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant

don't let the job title "team spirit coordinator" fool you—he's nothing more than a glorified college cheerleader

Synonyms & Similar Words

• idealize
• glamorize
• idolize
• romanticize
• soften
• glamour (up)
• heroicize
• poeticize
• canonize
• ennoble
• sweeten
• dignify
• enshrine
• enthrone
• aggrandize
• deify
• euphemize
• heroize
• magnify
• adulate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minimize
• denigrate
• disparage
• belittle
• decry
• deprecate
• deglamorize
• put down

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of glorify

Sarnoski shoots everything with overwhelming but legible intensity, neither shying away from the violence nor making an effort to glorify it, and Jackman is similarly stoic in his performance. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026

Huxley might easily have written a simpler novel glorifying intellectuals while mocking Stoyte’s greed and indifference to suffering. — Literary Hub, 21 May 2026

The report claims that Hezbollah gives child fighters heroes’ funerals and publicly glorifies them before their peers in order to encourage other children to follow in their footsteps. — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026

The goal is to get people to think, not to mock or glorify violence in any way, the Secret Handshake rep said. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026