PUTTING/PLACING (SOMEONE) ON A PEDESTAL Synonyms: 131 Similar and Opposite Words

putting/placing (someone) on a pedestal

phrase

present participle of put/place (someone) on a pedestal

as in elevating

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.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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elevating
decorating
loving
celebrating
recognizing
exalting
acknowledging
apotheosizing
aggrandizing
lionizing
canonizing
deifying
enshrining
respecting
ennobling
cheering
worshiping
enthroning
congratulating
enskying
playing up
admiring
regarding
romanticizing
dignifying
magnifying
worshipping
idealizing
revering
reverencing
glorifying
highlighting
praising
promoting
venerating
fêting
honoring
complimenting
adoring
citing
uplifting
advancing
applauding
boasting
commending
extolling
saluting
upgrading
hailing
acclaiming
lauding
eulogizing
touting
lifting
raising
spotlighting
feting
boosting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

taking down
lowering
writing off
putting down
degrading
humiliating
sinking
demeaning
shaming
fouling
humbling
smirching
disconcerting
confusing
crying down
embarrassing
debasing
discrediting
dishonoring
chastening
diminishing
minimizing
knocking (someone) off his/her pedestal
cheapening
rattling
disgracing
confounding
mortifying
criticizing
discounting
ridiculing
abasing
disparaging
detracting
flustering
discountenancing
discomfiting
belittling
decrying
depreciating
insulting
fazing
abashing
maligning
slandering
violating
castigating
defiling
defaming
libelling
nonplussing
denouncing
libeling
nonplusing
affronting
reprehending
bad-mouthing
condemning
damning
execrating
censuring
offending
desecrating
reprobating
blaspheming
profaning
scorning
disrespecting
smearing
slighting
outraging
piquing
slurring

Thesaurus Entries Near putting/placing (someone) on a pedestal

putting paid to

putting/placing (someone) on a pedestal

putting the kibosh on

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