DEIFY Synonyms: 106 Similar and Opposite Words

deify

verb

ˈdē-ə-ˌfī

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as in to adore

to love or admire too much materialistic people who deify money

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as in to venerate

to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power some ancient pagans deified such objects of nature as trees and rivers

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as in to elevate

to assign a high status or value to the sense of entitlement felt by athletes who have been deified all their lives

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Recent Examples of deify As a consequence, people, still possessed by religious longings, tend to deify the country. —

Ha Jin july 28, Literary Hub, 28 July 2025 Giuliani was pretty unpopular by the end of his second term and then 9/11 happened and he was deified. —

Bradley Tusk, New York Daily News, 29 June 2025 While the titan from Krypton can often seem stoic and deified, Corenswet's Kal-El can be quite passionate about his views and express them loudly. —

EW.com, 10 June 2025 His resume speaks for itself — no need for the on-air cast to go overboard in deifying him. —

Richard Deitsch, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deify

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Thousands of shoppers adore the Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream for its lightweight, anti-aging, and deeply nourishing formula.

— Olivia Dubyak, InStyle, 20 June 2026
Rob-Will has the support of his adoring wildchild daughter, Oreana (Natalie Alyn Lind), but not of openly distrustful Rip, who gave the gun-toting Rob-Will that punch felt around the Dutton universe in their gas station first meeting.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 19 June 2026