Synonyms of put/placed (someone) on a pedestal

put/placed (someone) on a pedestal

phrase

past tense of put/place (someone) on a pedestal

as in elevated

to treat or regard (someone) as extraordinarily good, successful, important, etc.

When you're in love, there's a tendency to put your crush on a pedestal.

Related Words

• elevated
• decorated
• loved
• celebrated
• recognized
• exalted
• acknowledged
• canonized
• lionized
• enshrined
• enskied
• deified
• respected
• worshiped
• cheered
• congratulated
• enthroned
• revered
• ennobled
• admired
• romanticized
• worshipped
• magnified
• dignified
• idealized
• praised
• glorified
• played up
• regarded
• aggrandized
• apotheosized
• venerated
• reverenced
• honored
• promoted
• cited
• highlighted
• adored
• advanced
• complimented
• hailed
• boasted
• applauded
• acclaimed
• uplifted
• extolled
• commended
• saluted
• upgraded
• lauded
• lifted
• touted
• feted
• raised
• eulogized
• fêted
• boosted
• spotlighted
• spotlit

Dissimilar Words

• lowered
• took down
• put down
• degraded
• sunk
• humiliated
• humbled
• sank
• disgraced
• dishonored
• confused
• debased
• chastened
• embarrassed
• criticized
• fouled
• mortified
• knocked (someone) off his/her pedestal
• diminished
• shamed
• flustered
• discredited
• disconcerted
• discounted
• minimized
• confounded
• demeaned
• rattled
• abased
• nonplussed
• cheapened
• ridiculed
• discomfited
• cried down
• abashed
• depreciated
• nonplused
• discountenanced
• wrote off
• smirched
• fazed
• maligned
• detracted
• belittled
• disparaged
• decried
• defiled
• violated
• condemned
• slandered
• denounced
• libeled
• castigated
• libelled
• defamed
• insulted
• affronted
• damned
• censured
• reprobated
• execrated
• desecrated
• offended
• outraged
• reprehended
• blasphemed
• profaned
• scorned
• piqued
• smeared
• disrespected
• slighted
• bad-mouthed
• slurred