adore
Feel reverence toward
Adore means to love deeply or regard with the highest affection: She adores her grandchildren.
It can also mean to worship, as in religious devotion: They gathered to adore the sacred relics.
In casual use, adore expresses strong enthusiasm: I adore this restaurant, He adores Italian cinema.
The casual sense is lighter than the romantic or religious ones.
One who is treasured
- cherishValue with deep affection
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
- sweetheartAffectionate name for beloved
- darlingBeloved person or pet
affection · devotion · fondness · tenderness · endearment · precious · dear · dote
Regard with honor
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
- appreciateRecognize value or merit
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- look up toAdmire and respect deeply
regard · value · acclaim · applaud · commend · praise · laud · extol
Profound admiring respect
- venerateHonor with deep respect
- deityWorshipped supernatural being
- divineOf or from gods
- sacredWorthy of reverence
devotion · prayer · piety · glorify · exalt · praise · altar · hymn
beloved
One who is treasured
- cherishValue with deep affection
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
- sweetheartAffectionate name for beloved
darling · affection · devotion · fondness · tenderness · endearment · precious · dear · dote · smitten
respect
Regard with honor
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
- appreciateRecognize value or merit
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
look up to · regard · value · acclaim · applaud · commend · praise · laud · extol · tribute
reverence
Profound admiring respect
sacred · devotion · prayer · piety · glorify · exalt · praise · altar · hymn · sanctuary
ardor
Intense emotional warmth
longing · rapture · enchantment · burning · flame · intensity · zeal · pining · craving · hunger
hero-worship
Uncritical excessive admiration
- fanboyObsessive male enthusiast
- fangirlObsessive female enthusiast
- starstruckAwed by celebrity presence
celebrity · icon · obsess · deify · pedestal · superfan · groupie · stan · swoon · heartthrob
- admirerespect, esteem, praise, honor, revere
- fawn overgush, dote, worship, idolize, adulate
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- fondnessaffection, liking, fondness, tenderness, caring
- worshippraying, congregational prayer, praise God, evening prayer, hallelujah
- Sacred Languageamen, hallelujah, alleluia, hosanna, holy