idolize
verb
[ ˈʌɪd(ə)lʌɪz ]
• admire, revere, or love greatly or excessively.
• "he idolized his mother"
Similar:
hero-worship,
worship,
revere,
venerate,
deify,
lionize,
adulate,
adore,
stand in awe of,
reverence,
look up to,
admire,
exalt,
love,
dote upon,
put on a pedestal,
