hero-worship

appreciate, cherish, esteem, prize, treasure, value

fancy, favor, like, prefer

regard

hallow, respect, revere, venerate

approve, endorse (also indorse), support

blandish, cajole, coax, sweet-talk, wheedle

fawn, kowtow, suck (up to), toady

idolize, worship

eulogize, extol (also extoll), laud, praise

applaud, commend, compliment

congratulate, felicitate

drool, gush, slaver, slobber

endear, ingratiate

court, romance, woo