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Synonyms and Antonyms of pedestals
- The museum displayed the jewels on a pedestal inside a glass case.
- The entrance to the ruined temple was flanked by columns, some of which had fallen from their pedestals.
bases, feet (also foot), foundations, plinths, stands
daises, platforms, podiums (or podia), rostra (or rostrums), stages, tribunes
braces, buttresses, mountings, mounts, props, reinforcements, shores, spurs, stays, supports, underpinnings
architraves, capitals, cornices, entablatures, friezes, shafts, socles
arches, bolsters, brackets, cantilevers, girders
crutches, pegs, posts, stakes, stanchions, stilts, struts, trusses
- There's a tendency to put the person you love on a pedestal.
- The scandal knocked the beloved actor off his pedestal.
heights, pinnacles, seats, thrones, tops
accounts, admirations, appreciations, estimations, favors, regards, respects
appetites, fancies, likes, loves, partialities, preferences, relishes, shines, tastes, uses
acclamations, adorations, adulations, approbations, deferences, hero worships, homages, honors, idolatries, infatuations, lionizations, praises, props [slang], reverences, venerations, worships
amazements, awes, wonderments, wonders
condemnations, disapprovals, disdains, opprobriums, scorns
disappointments, discontents, disenchantments, disgruntlements, disillusionments, displeasures, indignations
aversions, contempts, disfavors, disgusts, disinclinations, dislikes, disregards, distastes
hates, hatreds, loathings, nauseas, repugnances, repulsions, revulsions
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