lionize
verb
[ ˈlʌɪənʌɪz ]
• give a lot of public attention and approval to (someone); treat as a celebrity.
• "modern sportsmen are lionized and feted"
Similar:
celebrate,
fete,
glorify,
honour,
bestow honour on,
exalt,
acclaim,
admire,
commend,
sing/sound the praises of,
praise,
extol,
applaud,
hail,
make a fuss of/over,
make much of,
cry up,
venerate,
eulogize,
sing paeans to,
reverence,
pay homage to,
pay tribute to,
put on a pedestal,
hero-worship,
worship,
idolize,
adulate,
aggrandize,
laud,
panegyrize,
