hero worship

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Noun Phrase
• HYPHEN: he=ro wor=ship

THESAURUS

hero worship

Amor, Christian love, Druidism, Eros, Parsiism, Platonic love, Sabaism, Zoroastrianism, accolade, accord respect to, admiration, admire, adoration, adore, adulate, adulation, affection, agape, animal worship, apotheosis, apotheosize, appreciate, appreciation, approbation, approval, ardency, ardor, attachment, awe, belaud, bepraise, bepraisement, bless, blow up, boast of, bodily love, brag about, breathless adoration, brotherly love, caritas, celebrate, charity, congratulation, conjugal love, consideration, courtesy, cry up, defer to, deference, deification, deify, demonism, demonolatry, desire, devil worship, devotion, duty, eloge, emblazon, encomium, entertain respect for, esteem, estimation, eulogium, eulogize, eulogy, exaggerated respect, exalt, exaltation, excessive praise, extol, faithful love, fancy, favor, fervor, fetishism, fire worship, flame, flatter, flattery, fondness, free love, free-lovism, glorification, glorify, glory, great respect, heart, heathenism, high regard, hold in esteem, hold in reverence, homage, hommage, honor, iconoduly, iconolatry, idol worship, idolatrousness, idolatry, idolism, idolization, idolize, idolizing, idolodulia, idolomancy, image worship, kudos, lasciviousness, laud, laudation, libido, like, liking, lionize, lionizing, look up to, love, lovemaking, magnification, magnify, make much of, married love, meed of praise, overpraise, paean, paganism, panegyric, panegyrize, passion, pay tribute, phallic worship, phallicism, physical love, popular regard, popularity, porter aux nues, praise, prestige, prize, puff, puff up, pyrolatry, regard, respect, revere, reverence, reverential regard, salute, sentiment, sex, sexual love, shine, snake worship, spiritual love, star worship, sun worship, tender feeling, tender passion, think highly of, think much of, think well of, tree worship, tribute, truelove, trumpet, uxoriousness, value, venerate, veneration, weakness, worship, yearning

ROGET THESAURUS

hero worship

Idolatry

N idolatry, idolism, demonism, demonolatry, idol- worship, demon-worship, devil-worship, fire-worship, zoolatry, fetishism, fetichism, ecclesiolatry, heliolatry, Mariolatry, Bibliolatry, deification, apotheosis, canonization, hero worship, sacrifices, hecatomb, holocaust, human sacrifices, immolation, mactation, infanticide, self-immolation, suttee, idol, golden calf, graven image, fetich, avatar, Juggernath, lares et penates, Baal, idolatrous, adorer le veau d'or.

Approbation

N approbation, approval, approvement, sanction, advocacy, nod of approbation, esteem, estimation, good opinion, golden opinions, admiration, love, appreciation, regard, account, popularity, kudos, credit, repute, best seller, commendation, praise, laud, laudation, good word, meed of praise, tribute of praise, encomium, eulogy, eulogium, eloge, panegyric, homage, hero worship, benediction, blessing, benison, applause, plaudit, clap, clapping, clapping of hands, acclaim, acclamation, cheer, paean, hosannah, shout of applause, peal of applause, chorus of applause, chorus of praise, Prytaneum, approving, in favor of, lost in admiration, commendatory, complimentary, benedictory, laudatory, panegyrical, eulogistic, encomiastic, lavish of praise, uncritical, approved, praised, uncensured, unimpeached, popular, in good odor, in high esteem, in favor, in high favor, deserving of praise, worthy of praise, praiseworthy, commendable, of estimation, good, meritorious, estimable, creditable, plausible, unimpeachable, beyond all praise, with credit, to admiration, well, with three times three, Int, hear hear!, bully for you!, well done!, bravo!, bravissimo!, euge!, macte virtute!, so far so good, that's right, quite right, optime!, one cheer more, may your shadow never be less!, esto perpetua!, long life to!, viva!, enviva!, Godspeed!, valete et plaudite!, encore!, bis!, probatum est, tacent satis laudant, servant of God, well done!.