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canonize

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of canonize

1 to love or admire too much

a singing star so canonized by his fans that they refuse to believe anything bad about him

Synonyms of canonize

adore, adulate, deify, dote (on), hero-worship, idolize, worship

Words Related to canonize

appreciate, cherish, esteem, prize, treasure, value

fancy, favor, like, prefer

hallow, respect, revere, venerate

approve, endorse (also indorse), support

Near Antonyms of canonize

abhor, abominate, despise, detest, disdain, dislike, hate, loathe

belittle, deprecate, disparage, misprize, put down

2 to assign a high status or value to

those movie buffs who have canonized Alfred Hitchcock as filmdom's preeminent director

Synonyms of canonize

aggrandize, deify, dignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, exalt, glorify, magnify

Words Related to canonize

boost, lift, promote, raise, upgrade, uplift

heighten, intensify

idealize, romanticize, sanitize, sugarcoat

acclaim, extol (also extoll), honor, laud, praise

Near Antonyms of canonize

belittle, decry, depreciate, detract, disparage, minimize

Antonyms of canonize

abase, degrade, demean, humble, humiliate

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