as in admires
to treat (someone) as a very important and famous person
She was lionized everywhere after her novel won the Pulitzer Prize.
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lionizes
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Perhaps her self-assuredness comes from her powerhouse star of a mom, whom Harlow clearly admires in more ways than one.
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Essentially, every top Premier League team admires Rogers.
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Nine people joined the Forbes CMO Hall of Fame this year, which honors those who have been on the list five times.
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Gardner’s ideal bite features smoke balanced by the texture of a good char, which honors meat that has been cooking for hours, if not days.
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Kin Coedel collaborated with Meti and Hijra women in Nepal in the creation of Between Reverence and Refusal, giving them recognition and exposing the paradox of a culture that venerates femininity in myth but doesn’t acknowledge those who embody it in everyday life.
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Redemptive suffering Shared sorrow is a key part of Iran’s Twelver Shiite identity, which venerates the Prophet Muhammad’s family through daughter Fatima and cousin and son-in-law, Ali.
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The South reveres hydrangeas for their long-lasting blooms.
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Like many small children, my daughter reveres garbage trucks.
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This is what ensures everyone in the system understands and respects the process.
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Plus, a gently lower-proof drink respects the mid-day refreshingness of the use-case.
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At a time when our right to protest is under siege, this sci-fi yarn exalts the way an individual’s conviction can plant seeds of change, leading to a stronger sense of community.
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Boyes, too, exalts the elephants like a man possessed.
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Chef Rodrigo Rivera-Río praises Cometa for its contemporary Mexican cuisine that honors traditional roots, recommending the lechón al ataúd.
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Under this light, Penelope emerges as exemplary, cunning, wounded, and trapped by the male order that praises her.
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The recognizing states will have to step up, too, by making their security guarantees concrete and by helping shape a Palestinian state that does not threaten its neighbors and dignifies its people by providing functioning institutions and proper services.
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“Lionizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lionizes. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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