venerating
Holding in awe
Venerating is regarding someone or something with deep respect, reverence, or devotion.
The word typically applies to religious figures, ancestors, or sacred objects: venerating the saints, venerating her grandmother's memory.
It suggests more than admiration—a sense of awe or worshipful regard.
Reverent fear and wonder
- respectRegard with honor
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
- idolizationExtreme reverent admiration
- hero-worshipUncritical excessive admiration
adoration · marveling · appreciation · glorification · exaltation · lionization · deference · looking up to
Profound admiring respect
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- adorationProfound loving regard
- prayerAddress to deity
- pietySincere religious devotion
worship · sanctification · holiness · altar · liturgy · sacrament · meditation · fervor
Offering of respect
- homageExpression of deep respect
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
celebration · acknowledgment · salute · eulogy · testimonial · accolade · observance · memorial
Those from whom one descends
- eldersSenior community members
- forebearsAncestral family members
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
patriarchs · matriarchs · progenitors · shrines · offerings · filial piety · remembrance · genealogy
awe
Reverent fear and wonder
- respectRegard with honor
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
- idolizationExtreme reverent admiration
hero-worship · adoration · marveling · appreciation · glorification · exaltation · lionization · deference · looking up to · reverence
reverence
Profound admiring respect
piety · worship · sanctification · holiness · altar · liturgy · sacrament · meditation · fervor · spirituality
tribute
Offering of respect
- homageExpression of deep respect
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
recognition · celebration · acknowledgment · salute · eulogy · testimonial · accolade · observance · memorial · dedication
ancestors
Those from whom one descends
heritage · patriarchs · matriarchs · progenitors · shrines · offerings · filial piety · remembrance · genealogy · tombs
- looking up toadmiring, respecting, revering, idolizing, hero worship
- positive regardadmiration, appreciation, esteem, respect, regard
- praiselauding, compliments, laudation, accolades, great job
- glorificationglorifying, glorification, exalting, exaltation, idolizing
- idealizingglorification, idolization, hero-worship, romanticization, pedestalization
- valuingvaluing, appreciating, cherishing, treasuring, prizing
veneratingdespising
Feeling intense contempt for
scorning · loathing · reviling · disdaining · abhorring
veneratingdishonoring
Bringing shame upon
desecrating · profaning · defiling · blaspheming · mocking
- ancestor venerationReligious devotion to lineage