lionizes
Treats as celebrity
Lionizes means treats someone as a celebrity or object of great interest.
To lionize is to lavish attention and admiration on a person, often excessively: The media lionized the young tech founder.
The term suggests the kind of fawning treatment once reserved for seeing a lion at the zoo—rare, exciting, worthy of crowds.
Praises with reverence
- laudsExpresses high admiration
- extolsPraises enthusiastically
- acclaimsPraises enthusiastically
- applaudsClaps in appreciation
praises · glorifies · celebrates · commends · honors · venerates · reveres · eulogizes
Uncritical excessive admiration
- idolizeRevere to excess
- deifyWorship as sacred
- apotheosizeMake into a god
- canonizeFormally declare sainthood
sanctify · enshrine · immortalize · adulate · worship · put on a pedestal · fawn over · mythologize
Ceremonial welcome flooring
- spotlightConcentrated illumination source
- stardomCelebrity status achieved
- A-listerTop-tier famous person
- entourageAttendants accompanying someone important
publicist · fanbase · endorsements · media darling · tabloids · paparazzi · premiere · fame
Favorable opinion of worth
- respectRegard with honor
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- tributeOffering of respect
homage · accolade · kudos · adulation · recognition · appreciation · acknowledgment · applause
exalts
Praises with reverence
applauds · praises · glorifies · celebrates · commends · honors · venerates · reveres · eulogizes · aggrandizes
hero-worship
Uncritical excessive admiration
- idolizeRevere to excess
- deifyWorship as sacred
- apotheosizeMake into a god
canonize · sanctify · enshrine · immortalize · adulate · worship · put on a pedestal · fawn over · mythologize · beatify
red carpet
Ceremonial welcome flooring
- spotlightConcentrated illumination source
- stardomCelebrity status achieved
- A-listerTop-tier famous person
entourage · publicist · fanbase · endorsements · media darling · tabloids · paparazzi · premiere · fame · headliner
esteem
Favorable opinion of worth
- respectRegard with honor
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- venerationProfound admiring respect
tribute · homage · accolade · kudos · adulation · recognition · appreciation · acknowledgment · applause · approval
lionizesvilifies
Harshly criticizes reputation
demonizes · disparages · denigrates · condemns · excoriates