look up to
Hold in esteem
To look up to someone is to admire and respect them, often as a role model or authority figure: I've always looked up to my older sister.
The phrase suggests viewing someone as above you in wisdom, achievement, or character—hence the upward gaze.
Children look up to parents, students to teachers, newcomers to veterans in a field.
Revere to excess
- revereDeeply respect and admire
- venerateHonor with deep respect
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
hero-worship · lionize · glorify · awe · adulation · fandom · devotion · fascination
Trusted wisdom-giving advisor
- guideLeader or instruction book
- coachOne who instructs
- teacherOne who instructs others
- advisorOne who gives guidance
tutor · counselor · guru · sensei · master · elder · sage · preceptor
Person others emulate
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- dreamsInvoluntary sleep visions
- goalsIntended end results
aspiration · motivation · emulate · follow · imitate · example · ideal · standard
idolize
Revere to excess
worship · hero-worship · lionize · glorify · awe · adulation · fandom · devotion · fascination · admire
mentor
Trusted wisdom-giving advisor
advisor · tutor · counselor · guru · sensei · master · elder · sage · preceptor · wisdom
role model
Person others emulate
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- dreamsInvoluntary sleep visions
goals · aspiration · motivation · emulate · follow · imitate · example · ideal · standard · benchmark
- admirerespect, esteem, praise, honor, revere
- idiomstime flies, hit the sack, seize the day, ring a bell, break a leg