venerating

The word “venerating” has 4 syllables: ven-er-a-ting

It's pronounced as /ˈvɛnəˌreɪtɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for venerating?

In the thesaurus, “venerating” has 106 synonyms and 61 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for venerating along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for venerating

  • acquiescent
  • adherent
  • admiring
  • adoring
  • adulatory
  • affectionate
  • amenable
  • apotheosizing
  • appreciative
  • approving
  • ardent
  • attentive
  • biddable
  • canonizing
  • civil
  • complaisant
  • compliant
  • considerate
  • controllable
  • courtly
  • deep
  • deferential
  • deifying
  • delighting
  • devoted
  • dignifying
  • docile
  • docious
  • duteous
  • dutiful
  • earnest
  • exalting
  • extolling
  • faithful
  • fervent
  • fervid
  • fond
  • genuine
  • glorifying
  • godly
  • goody two-shoes
  • goody-goody
  • governable
  • gracious
  • gratifying
  • hagiographic
  • hagiographical
  • heartfelt
  • holy
  • honoring
  • humble
  • idolizing
  • intense
  • lauding
  • law-abiding
  • lionizing
  • loving
  • loyal
  • magnifying
  • obedient
  • obeisant
  • obliging
  • observant
  • on a string
  • orthodox
  • passionate
  • pietistic
  • pious
  • pleasing
  • pliant
  • polite
  • praising
  • prayerful
  • profound
  • recognizing
  • regardful
  • regarding
  • religious
  • resigned
  • respectful
  • respecting
  • reverencing
  • reverent
  • reverential
  • revering
  • satisfying
  • self-effacing
  • serious
  • sheeplike
  • sincere
  • solicitous
  • submissive
  • subservient
  • tame
  • tractable
  • under control
  • upholding
  • well-mannered
  • well-trained
  • willing
  • worshipful
  • worshiping
  • worshipping
  • wrapped around finger
  • yielding
  • zealous

Antonyms for venerating

  • affronting
  • apathetic
  • blaspheming
  • cold
  • condemning
  • contemptuous
  • contrary
  • cool
  • defaming
  • desecrating
  • disapproving
  • discourteous
  • dishonest
  • dishonoring
  • disloyal
  • disobedient
  • disparaging
  • dispassionate
  • displeasing
  • disrespectful
  • disrespecting
  • frigid
  • hateful
  • impolite
  • inconsiderate
  • inconstant
  • indifferent
  • insincere
  • insolent
  • insulting
  • irreligious
  • libeling
  • libelling
  • loathing
  • maligning
  • mean
  • misbehaving
  • mutinous
  • neglectful
  • obstinate
  • offending
  • outraging
  • piquing
  • profaning
  • rebellious
  • ridiculing
  • rude
  • scornful
  • scorning
  • slandering
  • slighting
  • slurring
  • smearing
  • unbelieving
  • unenthusiastic
  • unexcited
  • unfaithful
  • unkind
  • unmannerly
  • unrefined
  • violating

Meanings of venerating

  • verb
    1. To treat with great respect and deference.
    2. To revere or hold in awe.

Example Sentences

  • Venerating their ancestors, the tribe held a solemn ceremony each year.
  • She was often seen venerating the old statue in the garden, a tribute to her late grandmother.
  • Venerating knowledge, he spent hours each day studying ancient texts.
  • The monastery is a place of peace and prayer, with monks venerating relics of saints.
  • In their culture, venerating nature means treating every living thing with respect and care.

On this page you'll find 167 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to venerating, such as: acquiescent, adherent, admiring, adoring, adulatory, affectionate, affronting.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

obedient

  • acquiescent
  • agreeable
  • amenable
  • amiable
  • attentive
  • biddable
  • complaisant
  • compliant
  • conformable
  • constrained
  • controllable
  • curbed
  • decorous
  • deferential
  • devoted
  • disciplinable
  • disciplined
  • docile
  • docious
  • duteous
  • dutiful
  • faithful
  • fawning
  • gentle
  • governable
  • handleable
  • honoring
  • inhibited
  • kowtowing
  • law-abiding
  • loyal
  • manageable
  • mannerly
  • meek
  • mild
  • obeisant
  • obliging
  • obsequious
  • observant
  • on a string
  • orderly
  • placable
  • pliant
  • regardful
  • repressed
  • resigned
  • respectful
  • restrained
  • reverential
  • servile
  • sheeplike
  • slavish
  • soft
  • submissive
  • subordinate
  • subservient
  • surrendering
  • tame
  • teachable
  • tractable
  • trainable
  • under control
  • venerating
  • well-trained
  • willing
  • wrapped around finger
  • yielding

idolizing

  • adoring
  • adulating
  • adulatory
  • affectionate
  • appreciating
  • appreciative
  • approving
  • canonizing
  • cherishing
  • deferential
  • deifying
  • endorsing
  • esteeming
  • fancying
  • favoring
  • fond
  • glorifying
  • hagiographic
  • hagiographical
  • hallowing
  • hero-worshiping
  • hero-worshipping
  • indorsing
  • liking
  • loving
  • preferring
  • prizing
  • regarding
  • respectful
  • respecting
  • reverent
  • reverential
  • revering
  • supporting
  • treasuring
  • valuing
  • venerating
  • worshipful
  • worshiping
  • worshipping

valuing

  • account
  • adjudging
  • admiring
  • adoration
  • adoring
  • affection
  • affectionate
  • amatory
  • amiable
  • amorous
  • analyzing
  • anxious
  • applause
  • appraising
  • appreciating
  • appreciation
  • appreciative
  • apprizing
  • approbation
  • approval
  • ardent
  • ascertaining
  • assaying
  • assessing
  • attached
  • attachment
  • attentive
  • benevolent
  • care
  • caressing
  • caring
  • cherishing
  • concern
  • concerned
  • considerate
  • consideration
  • cordial
  • curiosity
  • dear
  • deciding
  • deeming
  • deference
  • delight
  • demonstrative
  • determining
  • devoted
  • devotion
  • digging
  • discovering
  • doting
  • earnest
  • enamored
  • enjoying
  • enshrining
  • erotic
  • esteem
  • esteeming
  • estimating
  • estimation
  • evaluating
  • expressive
  • faithful
  • fancying
  • favor
  • fervent
  • fond
  • fondness
  • friendly
  • generous
  • glorification
  • guesstimating
  • homage
  • honor
  • idolatrous
  • idolatry
  • idolization
  • idolizing
  • impassioned
  • infatuated
  • interest
  • interestedness
  • judging
  • kind
  • learning
  • liking
  • love
  • loving
  • loyal
  • marveling
  • memorializing
  • misesteeming
  • misjudging
  • misprizing
  • note
  • obeisance
  • opinion
  • passionate
  • pleasure
  • praise
  • pricing
  • prizing
  • rating
  • re-evaluating
  • reappraising
  • reassessing
  • recognition
  • reevaluating
  • regard
  • regarding
  • rejudging
  • relishing
  • reputation
  • repute
  • respect
  • respecting
  • revaluing
  • reverence
  • reverencing
  • reverent
  • reverential
  • revering
  • romantic
  • satisfaction
  • sentimental
  • setting
  • setting store by
  • setting store on
  • settling
  • solicitous
  • store
  • surveying
  • sympathy
  • tender
  • testing
  • thought
  • thoughtful
  • transvaluating
  • transvaluing
  • treasuring
  • underestimating
  • undervaluing
  • valuating
  • value
  • venerating
  • veneration
  • warm
  • warm-hearted
  • wonder
  • wonderment
  • worship
  • worshipful
  • worshiping
  • worshipping
  • zealous

falling for

taking to

  • admiring
  • adoring
  • appreciating
  • being partial to
  • cherishing
  • devouring
  • digging
  • enjoying
  • fancying
  • favoring
  • getting a charge out of
  • getting a kick out of
  • going for
  • having a soft spot for
  • idolizing
  • liking
  • loving
  • preferring
  • prizing
  • relishing
  • revering
  • savoring
  • savouring
  • treasuring
  • valuing
  • venerating
  • worshiping
  • worshipping

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