venerate

venerate

verb

Definition of VENERATE

to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power <a proper setting in which to venerate God>

Synonyms adore, deify, glorify, revere, reverence, venerate

Related Words admire, honor, love, regard, respect; apotheosize, canonize, dignify, exalt, lionize, magnify; extol (also extoll), laud, praise; delight, gratify, please, satisfy

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