What is another word for Deified?

Pronunciation: [dˈe͡ɪfa͡ɪd] (IPA)

Deified, meaning to worship or regard someone as a god, has a range of synonyms that can be used to create variation in writing. One alternative is to use the term "divinized", which also carries the connotation of elevating someone to a godlike status. Other options include "apotheosized", "sanctified", "idolized", and "venerated". Each term has a slightly different meaning, but all convey the idea of revering someone above a mortal status. These synonyms can be useful in avoiding repetition and enhancing the overall style of the writing.

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What are the hypernyms for Deified?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Deified

Euhemerism, or the worship of dead men Deified, is to be found either in its germs or its rudiments; at any rate, one of their deities bears the name of Hajo, a known historic personage.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
Polk was backed by rabid Southern fire-eaters and slavery extensionists, who had Deified negro bondage and exalted it beyond the Union, the Constitution, and everything else; by the almost solid foreign vote, still unfit for the duties of American citizenship; by the vicious and criminal classes in all the great cities of the North and in New Orleans; by the corrupt politicians, who found ignorance and viciousness tools ready forged to their hands, wherewith to perpetrate the gigantic frauds without which the election would have been lost; and, lastly, he was also backed indirectly but most powerfully by the political Abolitionists.
"Thomas Hart Benton"
Theodore Roosevelt
In the reign of Hadrian there was at Lanuvium a college which, by a curious fancy, combined the worship of the pure Diana with that of the Deified minion of the emperor.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill

Related words: divine one, god-like, god, divinity, deity, deity in religion, deities, deities in religion

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