deify

Verb

1. To make into a god.
   • Near-synonyms: demideify, mythologize

   Synonyms: divinize apotheosize euhemerize demideify mythologize

   Antonyms: undeify disdeify ungod euhemerize

2. To regard as being like a deity; to treat as worthy of worship; to exalt.
   • “Those people who have sought to deify our wilderness … those days are over. We are not going to sit around and read poetry to rare lizards, whilst our current account deficit goes down the gurgler,” Jones said. - 2025...

   Synonyms: divinize apotheosize exalt idealize