To idolize is to admire someone too much. A twelve year-old might idolize a pop star, for example, wallpapering her bedroom with photos of him and screaming loudly throughout his concerts. You can idolize someone you've never met, like a famous actor, and you can also idolize a friend or family member.

What does it mean when you idolize someone?

transitive verb. : to worship as a god broadly : to love or admire to excess the common people whom he so idolized — The Times Literary Supplement (London) intransitive verb. : to practice idolatry.

What do you call someone who idolizes someone?

The noun form idolization refers to this kind of hero worship. ... The worship of such an idol is sometimes called idolatry (or idol worship) and the people who do it can be called idolaters.