'Lionize' definitions:
Definition of 'lionize'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Lionize'
From: GCIDE
- Lionize \Li"on*ize\ (l[imac]"[u^]n*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lionized (l[imac]"[u^]n*[imac]zd), p. pr. & vb. n. Lionizing (l[imac]"[u^]n*[imac]`z[i^]ng).]
- 1. To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest. --J. D. Forbes. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To show the lions or objects of interest to; to conduct about among objects of interest. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lionize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adulate,
- aggrandize,
- apotheose,
- apotheosize,
- beatify,
- belaud,
- bepraise,
- bless,
- blow up,
- boast of,
- brag about,
- canonize,
- celebrate,
- crown,
- cry up,
- deify,
- elevate,
- emblazon,
- ennoble,
- enshrine,
- enthrone,
- eulogize,
- exalt,
- extol,
- flatter,
- glamorize,
- glorify,
- go slumming,
- hero-worship,
- idolize,
- immortalize,
- laud,
- magnify,
- make legendary,
- make much of,
- overpraise,
- panegyrize,
- pay tribute,
- porter aux nues,
- praise,
- puff,
- puff up,
- raise,
- rubberneck,
- saint,
- salute,
- sanctify,
- see the lions,
- see the sights,
- set up,
- sight-see,
- throne,
- trumpet,
- uplift