APOTHEOSIZE Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

apotheosize

verb

Definition of apotheosize

as in to exalt

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This has been an awesome showcase of American community, with our own USMNT support and other countries’ diasporas springing up exalting watch parties all over the place.

— Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Mary’s valley of sin was exalted and Simon’s mountain of pride was made low through the love of God.

— Eric Bashor, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026

Definition of exalt

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The incarnation dignified the material world, which is good, though in constant need of repair and healing.

— Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
This deeply affecting memoir, which is strung like a wire between the alienation of the assembly line and the dignifying promise of literature, documents his experience.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

Definition of dignify

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In the early days of the war, Union troops from Boston had borrowed the familiar melody of a religious camp meeting song and added new lyrics lionizing John Brown, the leader of the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia).

— Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
There are episodes that reflect the tendency to lionize the Founders in a way that is incomplete.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2026

Definition of lionize

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With the exception of Turkey, Egypt, and Pakistan, the collection of countries is notable for not having the most revered of navies.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2026
This project, scientists hope, could even potentially revive a wild species revered by local Tibetans as a favorite of the land god.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 25 July 2026

Definition of revere

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Written with the intimacy of a conversation among loved ones, Someday, Now invites readers to sit with loss while still reverencing the beauty of life, parenting, and letting our children flourish.

— Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
But Pi is precociously enlightened, his innocence not a problem to be rectified but a quality to be reverenced.

— Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025

Definition of reverence

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Other venerated South Side joints included Pepper’s Lounge, the Dew Drop Inn, and Theresa’s Lounge, the latter of which was tucked away in the basement of an apartment building.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Not asked enough by those who venerated Graham is why in death the patriot’s name must be associated with what’s so inimical to American prosperity and freedom.

— John Tamny, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

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