idolize (v.)
- admire
- adore
- adulate
- apotheosize
- appreciate
- bless
- celebrate
- cherish
- deify
- dote
- emblazon
- esteem
- eulogize
- exalt
- extol
- favor
- fetishize
- flatter
- glorify
- hero-worship
- honor
- laud
- lionize
- magnify
- overestimate
- overpraise
- praise
- prize
- puff
- regard
- respect
- revere
- reverence
- salute
- treasure
- trumpet
- value
- venerate
- worship