romanticize

romanticize

verb

Definition of ROMANTICIZE

to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant <he romanticized what life in a small town would be like, only to be later disappointed when reality intruded>

Synonyms glamorize (also glamourize), glamour (up), glorify, romanticize

Related Words heroicize, heroize; euphemize, poeticize, soften, sweeten; adulate, canonize, deify, idolize; aggrandize, dignify, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, magnify

Near Antonyms belittle, decry, denigrate, deprecate, disparage, minimize, put down

Antonyms deglamorize