Synonyms of lionizing

lionizing

verb

present participle of lionize

as in honoring

to treat (someone) as a very important and famous person

She was lionized everywhere after her novel won the Pulitzer Prize.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• honoring
• worshiping
• admiring
• praising
• revering
• venerating
• respecting
• exalting
• worshipping
• dignifying
• canonizing
• reverencing
• adoring
• deifying
• magnifying
• apotheosizing
• regarding
• glorifying
• loving
• extolling
• lauding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• violating
• desecrating
• blaspheming
• insulting
• ridiculing
• profaning
• offending
• scorning
• dishonoring
• disrespecting
• slighting
• outraging
• disparaging
• slandering
• smearing
• maligning
• defaming
• affronting
• slurring
• libeling
• piquing
• libelling