Exact Match:
- idealize
- form ideals; "Man has always idealized"
- consider or render as ideal; "She idealized her husband after his death"
Synonyms:
- apotheosize,
- deify,
- dematerialize,
- disembody,
- disincarnate,
- elevate,
- ennoble,
- etherealize,
- exaggerate,
- exalt,
- glorify,
- immaterialize,
- overappraise,
- overassess,
- overcalculate,
- overcount,
- overesteem,
- overestimate,
- overmeasure,
- overprize,
- overrate,
- overreact to,
- overreckon,
- overstate,
- overvalue,
- quixotize,
- rhapsodize,
- romance,
- romanticize,
- spiritize,
- spiritualize,
- unsubstantialize,
- utopianize,
- worship
Related Words:
- overvalue
collapse - assign too high a value to; "You are overestimating the value of your old car" related words >
- rhapsodize
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- say (something) with great enthusiasm
- recite a rhapsody related words >
- etherealize
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- make ethereal related words >
- spiritualize
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- purify from the corrupting influences of the world; "During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized"
- give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense related words >
- attenuate,
- bolt,
- clarify,
- clear,
- decrassify,
- dematerialize,
- depurate,
- disembody,
- disincarnate,
- distill,
- edulcorate,
- elute,
- enervate,
- essentialize,
- etherealize,
- extract,
- filter,
- filtrate,
- idealize,
- immaterialize,
- insubstantialize,
- leach,
- lixiviate,
- percolate,
- purify,
- rarefy,
- rectify,
- refine,
- sap,
- screen,
- separate,
- sieve,
- sift,
- spiritize,
- strain,
- sublimate,
- sublime,
- subtilize,
- try,
- unsubstantialize,
- weaken,
- winnow
- overestimate
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- a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high
- an appraisal that is too high
- make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his own powers" related words >
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- ballyhoo,
- build up,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- draw the longbow,
- exaggerate,
- exaggeration,
- go to extremes,
- hyperbolize,
- idealize,
- idolize,
- lay it on,
- magnify,
- make much of,
- overappraisal,
- overappraise,
- overassess,
- overassessment,
- overcalculate,
- overcalculation,
- overcharge,
- overcommend,
- overcount,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overesteem,
- overestimation,
- overlaud,
- overmeasure,
- overpraise,
- overprize,
- overrate,
- overrating,
- overreach,
- overreact,
- overreact to,
- overreaction,
- overreckon,
- overreckoning,
- oversell,
- overspeak,
- overstate,
- overstatement,
- overstress,
- overvaluation,
- overvalue,
- pile it on,
- puff,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- talk big,
- talk in superlatives,
- tout,
- travesty
- dematerialize
collapse
- become immaterial; disappear related words >
- attenuate,
- be consumed,
- be gone,
- cease,
- cease to be,
- cease to exist,
- depart,
- die,
- die away,
- die out,
- disappear,
- disembody,
- disincarnate,
- dispel,
- disperse,
- dissipate,
- dissolve,
- do a fade-out,
- dwindle,
- enervate,
- erode,
- etherealize,
- evanesce,
- evaporate,
- exit,
- fade,
- fade away,
- fade out,
- flee,
- fly,
- go,
- go away,
- hide,
- idealize,
- immaterialize,
- insubstantialize,
- leave no trace,
- leave the scene,
- melt,
- melt away,
- pass,
- pass away,
- pass out,
- perish,
- rarefy,
- retire from sight,
- sap,
- sink,
- sink away,
- spiritize,
- spiritualize,
- subtilize,
- suffer an eclipse,
- unsubstantialize,
- vanish,
- vanish from sight,
- waste,
- waste away,
- weaken,
- wear away
- overreact
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- show an exaggerated response to something; "Don't overreact to the bad news--take it easy" related words >
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- ballyhoo,
- build up,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- draw the longbow,
- exaggerate,
- exhaust,
- go overboard,
- go to extremes,
- go too far,
- hyperbolize,
- idealize,
- know no bounds,
- lay it on,
- magnify,
- make much of,
- overact,
- overappraise,
- overassess,
- overcalculate,
- overcarry,
- overcharge,
- overcount,
- overdevelop,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overdrive,
- overelaborate,
- overemphasize,
- overesteem,
- overestimate,
- overexercise,
- overexert,
- overexpend,
- overindulge,
- overlabor,
- overmeasure,
- overplay,
- overpraise,
- overprize,
- overrate,
- overreach,
- overreact to,
- overreckon,
- oversell,
- overspeak,
- overspend,
- overstate,
- overstrain,
- overstress,
- overstudy,
- overtask,
- overtax,
- overtrain,
- overuse,
- overvalue,
- overwork,
- pass all bounds,
- pile it on,
- protest too much,
- puff,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- talk big,
- talk in superlatives,
- tout,
- travesty
- overstate
collapse
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" related words >
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- ballyhoo,
- belie,
- blow up,
- build up,
- burlesque,
- camouflage,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- color,
- disguise,
- distort,
- draw the longbow,
- dress up,
- embellish,
- embroider,
- enlarge,
- exaggerate,
- falsify,
- fudge,
- garble,
- gild,
- gloss,
- gloss over,
- go to extremes,
- hyperbolize,
- idealize,
- inflate,
- lay it on,
- magnify,
- make much of,
- mask,
- miscite,
- miscolor,
- misquote,
- misreport,
- misrepresent,
- misstate,
- misteach,
- overappraise,
- overassess,
- overcalculate,
- overcharge,
- overcount,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overemphasize,
- overesteem,
- overestimate,
- overmeasure,
- overpaint,
- overpraise,
- overprize,
- overrate,
- overreach,
- overreact,
- overreact to,
- overreckon,
- oversell,
- overspeak,
- overstress,
- overvalue,
- pad,
- parody,
- pervert,
- pile it on,
- puff,
- slant,
- strain,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- talk big,
- talk in superlatives,
- titivate,
- tout,
- travesty,
- trick out,
- twist,
- understate,
- varnish,
- warp,
- whitewash,
- wrench
- glorify
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- bestow glory upon; "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic"
- cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building" related words >
- acclaim,
- adore,
- adulate,
- advance,
- aggrandize,
- apotheose,
- apotheosize,
- applaud,
- beatify,
- belaud,
- bepraise,
- bless,
- bless the Lord,
- blow up,
- boast of,
- boost,
- brag about,
- canonize,
- celebrate,
- cleanse,
- commend,
- consecrate,
- crown,
- cry up,
- dedicate,
- deify,
- devote,
- dignify,
- distinguish,
- doxologize,
- elevate,
- emblazon,
- enhance,
- ennoble,
- enshrine,
- enthrone,
- erect,
- eulogize,
- exalt,
- extol,
- flatter,
- glamorize,
- glorify the Lord,
- hail,
- hallow,
- hero-worship,
- honor,
- hymn,
- idealize,
- idolize,
- immortalize,
- laud,
- lionize,
- look up to,
- magnify,
- make legendary,
- make much of,
- overpraise,
- panegyrize,
- pay tribute,
- porter aux nues,
- praise,
- praise God,
- promote,
- puff,
- puff up,
- purify,
- raise,
- raise up,
- revere,
- saint,
- salute,
- sanctify,
- set apart,
- set up,
- sing praises,
- sublime,
- throne,
- trumpet,
- upgrade,
- uplift,
- uprear,
- venerate,
- worship
- accelerate,
- aggrandize,
- aggravate,
- amplify,
- ballyhoo,
- be untruthful,
- beef up,
- belie,
- blow up,
- build up,
- burlesque,
- camouflage,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- color,
- complicate,
- concentrate,
- condense,
- consolidate,
- deceive,
- deepen,
- disguise,
- distort,
- double,
- draw the longbow,
- embellish,
- enhance,
- equivocate,
- exacerbate,
- exceed,
- exhaust,
- falsify,
- fib,
- fudge,
- garble,
- go beyond,
- go overboard,
- go to extremes,
- go too far,
- heat up,
- heighten,
- hop up,
- hot up,
- hyperbolize,
- idealize,
- intensify,
- jazz up,
- key up,
- know no bounds,
- lay it on,
- lie,
- lie flatly,
- magnify,
- make complex,
- make much of,
- miscolor,
- mislead,
- misquote,
- misreport,
- misrepresent,
- misstate,
- misteach,
- overact,
- overappraise,
- overassess,
- overcalculate,
- overcarry,
- overcharge,
- overcount,
- overdevelop,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overdrive,
- overelaborate,
- overemphasize,
- overesteem,
- overestimate,
- overexercise,
- overexert,
- overexpend,
- overgo,
- overindulge,
- overjump,
- overlabor,
- overleap,
- overmeasure,
- overpaint,
- overpass,
- overplay,
- overpraise,
- overprize,
- overrate,
- overreach,
- overreact,
- overreact to,
- overreckon,
- overrun,
- oversell,
- overshoot,
- overshoot the field,
- overshoot the mark,
- overspeak,
- overspend,
- overstate,
- overstep,
- overstrain,
- overstress,
- overstride,
- overstudy,
- overtask,
- overtax,
- overtrain,
- overuse,
- overvalue,
- overwork,
- pad,
- parody,
- pass all bounds,
- pervert,
- pile it on,
- prevaricate,
- protest too much,
- puff,
- ramify,
- redouble,
- reinforce,
- romance,
- romanticize,
- sharpen,
- slant,
- soup up,
- speak falsely,
- step up,
- story,
- strengthen,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- superabound,
- talk big,
- talk in superlatives,
- tell a lie,
- tout,
- travesty,
- triple,
- twist,
- understate,
- warp,
- whet,
- wrench
- romance
collapse
- a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
- the group of languages derived from Latin
- relating to languages derived from Latin; "Romance languages"
- tell romantic or exaggerated lies; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"
- have a love affair with related words >
- Marchen,
- Western,
- Western story,
- Westerner,
- adulterous affair,
- adultery,
- adventure,
- adventure story,
- affair,
- allegorize,
- allegory,
- amor,
- amour,
- apologue,
- apparition,
- autism,
- autistic thinking,
- balderdash,
- bedtime story,
- brainchild,
- brown-nose,
- bubble,
- butter up,
- canard,
- capriccio,
- caprice,
- chimera,
- color,
- colorfulness,
- concoction,
- court,
- cuckoldry,
- dalliance,
- delirium,
- dereism,
- dereistic thinking,
- detective story,
- divertissement,
- dreamery,
- eidolon,
- entanglement,
- epic,
- eternal triangle,
- exaggeration,
- excitement,
- extravaganza,
- fable,
- fabliau,
- fabrication,
- fabulize,
- fairy tale,
- fancy,
- fantasia,
- fantasque,
- fantasy,
- fascination,
- fib,
- fiction,
- fictionalize,
- figment,
- flatter,
- flight of fancy,
- flirtation,
- folk story,
- folktale,
- forbidden love,
- forgery,
- gest,
- ghost story,
- glamor,
- hallucination,
- hanky-panky,
- horse opera,
- humoresque,
- ideal,
- idealism,
- ideality,
- idealization,
- idealize,
- idle fancy,
- idyll,
- illicit love,
- illusion,
- imagery,
- imagination,
- imaginative exercise,
- imaginativeness,
- imagining,
- impracticality,
- infidelity,
- insubstantial image,
- intrigue,
- invention,
- legend,
- liaison,
- love,
- love affair,
- love story,
- maggot,
- make-believe,
- medley,
- melodrama,
- mystery,
- mystery story,
- myth,
- mythicize,
- mythify,
- mythologize,
- mythology,
- mythos,
- narrate,
- narrative,
- nonsense,
- nostalgia,
- novel,
- novelize,
- nursery tale,
- pander to,
- parable,
- phantasm,
- phantom,
- play of fancy,
- potpourri,
- prevarication,
- quixotism,
- quixotize,
- quixotry,
- recite,
- recount,
- rehearse,
- relate,
- relationship,
- report,
- retell,
- rhapsodize,
- romantic tie,
- romanticism,
- romanticize,
- romanza,
- science fiction,
- sentiment,
- shocker,
- sick fancy,
- soft-soap,
- space fiction,
- space opera,
- storify,
- story,
- suspense story,
- tall story,
- tall tale,
- tell,
- tell a story,
- thick-coming fancies,
- thriller,
- triangle,
- trip,
- unfaithfulness,
- unfold a tale,
- unpracticalness,
- unrealism,
- unreality,
- utopianism,
- utopianize,
- vapor,
- vision,
- visionariness,
- whim,
- whimsy,
- white lie,
- whodunit,
- wildest dreams,
- wish fulfillment,
- wish-fulfillment fantasy,
- wishful thinking,
- woo,
- work of fiction
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