Synonyms for Make much of:

• v.

  •coddle (verb)
  • cosset,
  • mollycoddle,
  • caress,
  • baby,
  • pet,
  • spoil,
  • nurse,
  • cotton.
  •compliment (verb)
  • congratulate,
  • exalt,
  • recommend,
  • commend,
  • salute,
  • celebrate,
  • worship,
  • butter up,
  • please,
  • adulate,
  • toast,
  • eulogize,
  • applaud,
  • charm,
  • acclaim,
  • hail,
  • sanction,
  • glorify,
  • felicitate,
  • endorse,
  • satisfy,
  • cajole,
  • commemorate,
  • honor,
  • Panegyrize,
  • cheer.
  •drool (verb)
  • rhapsody,
  • lick chops,
  • want,
  • rave,
  • gush,
  • dote on,
  • fondle,
  • enthuse,
  • slobber over.
  •emphasize (verb)
  • highlight,
  • affirm,
  • impress,
  • enlarge,
  • bear down,
  • weight,
  • limelight,
  • punctuate,
  • pinpoint,
  • play up,
  • enunciate,
  • accentuate,
  • pronounce,
  • point out,
  • HIT,
  • indicate,
  • accent,
  • charge,
  • dwell on,
  • underline,
  • articulate,
  • headline,
  • reiterate,
  • dramatize,
  • spotlight,
  • maintain,
  • mark,
  • assert,
  • underscore,
  • press,
  • repeat.
  •extol (verb)
  • hymn,
  • root,
  • bless,
  • stroke,
  • push,
  • boost.
  •fete (verb)
  • wine and dine,
  • holiday,
  • entertain,
  • treat,
  • lionize,
  • feast,
  • festival.
  •grovel (verb)
  • beseech,
  • apple-polish,
  • creep,
  • humble oneself,
  • snivel,
  • crawl,
  • crouch,
  • implore,
  • prostrate,
  • cower,
  • flatter,
  • cringe,
  • beg,
  • blandish,
  • yes,
  • wheedle,
  • fall all over,
  • beg for mercy,
  • kneel,
  • stoop,
  • fawn,
  • kowtow,
  • make up to,
  • kiss one's feet,
  • court,
  • brown-nose,
  • eat crow,
  • eat dirt,
  • soft-soap,
  • suck up to,
  • bootlick,
  • truckle,
  • revere,
  • pamper,
  • eat humble pie,
  • bow and scrape.
  •italicize (verb)
  • stress,
  • feature.
  •praise (verb)
  • admire,
  • resound,
  • sing the praises,
  • reverence,
  • pay tribute,
  • approve,
  • ennoble,
  • proclaim,
  • dignify,
  • pay homage,
  • distinguish,
  • bow down,
  • smile on,
  • clap,
  • rave over,
  • give thanks,
  • advocate,
  • cite.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • overstate,
  • exaggerate,
  • blow up.
  •
  • favor,
  • promote,
  • tout,
  • advance,
  • encourage.
  •drool
  • doted on,
  • enthusing,
  • Rhapsodies,
  • enthuses.
  •grovel
  • soft-soaped,
  • grovelling,
  • soft-soaping,
  • falls over,
  • eating humble pie,
  • groveling,
  • kiss feet,
  • yeses,
  • brown-nosing,
  • fall over.
  •praise
  • Reverencing,
  • bowing down,
  • Resounded,
  • bowed down,
  • paying tribute,
  • sing praises,
  • paid tribute,
  • giving thanks.
  •Other relevant words:
  • jabber,
  • effervesce,
  • bubble,
  • overemphasize,
  • pile it on,
  • go to extremes,
  • be fond of,
  • bubble over,
  • elevate,
  • adore,
  • dote,
  • caricature,
  • make the most of,
  • overreact,
  • trumpet,
  • value,
  • natter,
  • colour,
  • embellish,
  • overstress,
  • enhance,
  • run riot,
  • overcharge,
  • ballyhoo,
  • aggrandize,
  • indulge,
  • lionise,
  • esteem,
  • idolize,
  • make a fuss over,
  • be effusive,
  • overplay,
  • chatter,
  • puff,
  • treasure,
  • rave about,
  • go on about,
  • overreach,
  • overflow,
  • talk big,
  • hyperbolize,
  • fuss over,
  • appreciate,
  • witter,
  • blather,
  • aggrandise,
  • uplift,
  • idolise,
  • hero worship,
  • exalts,
  • stretch,
  • prize,
  • overdraw,
  • pay homage to,
  • Oversell,
  • dote upon,
  • honour,
  • carry on,
  • eulogise,
  • be effervescent,
  • overestimate,
  • stretch the truth,
  • embroider,
  • travesty,
  • whoop it up,
  • hold dear,
  • prattle,
  • inflate,
  • babble,
  • make a to-do over,
  • amplify,
  • boast of,
  • blether,
  • elaborate,
  • emblazon,
  • be infatuated with,
  • love,
  • burlesque,
  • carry on over,
  • overdo,
  • be ebullient,
  • make a fuss about.

Antonyms for Make much of:

• v.

  • coddle
    turn away, neglect, ignore.
  • compliment
    disapprove, displease, libel, depress, refuse, condemn, upset, censure, insult, blame, slander, dishonor, castigate, criticize, anger, forget, repel, dissuade, disrespect, discourage, shame, complain, denounce, humiliate, worry, debase.
  • emphasize
    lose, play down, deny, understate, mumble, depreciate.
  • extol
    decrease.
  • fete
    disregard.
  • grovel
    straighten, boast, answer.
  • italicize
    reduce.
  • praise
    disgrace, disallow, hide, demote, reproach, degrade, conceal, damn, protest, oppose, belittle, disparage, veto, prevent, lower, overlook, accuse.