make much of

Strong matches

• baby
• caress
• cosset
• cotton
• favor
• humor
• mollycoddle
• nurse
• pet
• spoil

Weak matches

• cater to
• make over
• play up to

Strongest matches

• applaud
• cajole
• commend
• congratulate
• endorse
• extol
• laud

Strong matches

• acclaim
• adulate
• celebrate
• charm
• cheer
• commemorate
• eulogize
• exalt
• felicitate
• glorify
• hail
• honor
• magnify
• please
• recommend
• salute
• sanction
• satisfy
• soothe
• toast
• worship

Weak matches

• butter up
• fawn upon
• give bouquet
• hand it to
• ingratiate oneself with
• kudize
• panegyrize
• pat on the back
• pay respects
• pay tribute to
• puff up
• roose
• sing praises of
• speak highly of
• take off hat to
• trade last
• wish joy to

Strong matches

• enthuse
• fondle
• gush
• pet
• rave
• rhapsodize
• rhapsody
• spoil
• want

Weak matches

• dote on
• lick chops
• slobber over

Strongest matches

• accentuate
• affirm
• assert
• highlight
• indicate
• maintain
• point out
• reiterate
• repeat
• underline
• underscore

Strong matches

• accent
• articulate
• charge
• dramatize
• enlarge
• enunciate
• headline
• hit
• impress
• italicize
• mark
• pinpoint
• press
• pronounce
• punctuate
• spotlight
• weight

Weak matches

• bear down
• dwell on
• insist on
• labor the point
• limelight
• make a point
• make clear
• make emphatic
• play up
• point up
• put accent on
• rub in

Strongest matches

• acclaim
• applaud
• celebrate
• commend
• eulogize
• exalt
• glorify
• laud
• praise

Strong matches

• bless
• boost
• hymn
• magnify
• push
• rave
• root
• stroke

Weak matches

• brag about
• cry up
• give a boost to
• give a bouquet
• hand it to
• hats off to
• hear it for
• panegyrize
• pay tribute to
• puff up

Strong matches

• celebrate
• entertain
• feast
• festival
• holiday
• honor
• lionize
• treat

Weak matches

• hold reception for
• roll out the red carpet
• wine and dine

Strongest matches

• beseech
• fawn

Strong matches

• beg
• blandish
• bootlick
• brown-nose
• court
• cower
• crawl
• creep
• cringe
• crouch
• flatter
• humor
• implore
• kneel
• kowtow
• pamper
• prostrate
• revere
• snivel
• soft-soap
• stoop
• truckle
• wheedle

Weak matches

• apple-polish
• beg for mercy
• bow and scrape
• butter up
• cater to
• eat crow
• eat dirt
• eat humble pie
• fall all over
• humble oneself
• kiss one's feet
• make up to
• play up to
• suck up to

Strong matches

• accent
• accentuate
• affirm
• articulate
• assert
• charge
• dramatize
• enlarge
• enunciate
• feature
• headline
• highlight
• hit
• impress
• indicate
• maintain
• mark
• pinpoint
• press
• pronounce
• punctuate
• reiterate
• repeat
• spotlight
• stress
• underline
• underscore
• weight

Weak matches

• bear down
• dwell on
• insist on
• labor the point
• limelight
• make a point
• make clear
• make emphatic
• play up
• point out
• point up
• put accent on
• rub in

Strongest matches

• admire
• advocate
• applaud
• appreciate
• celebrate
• cite
• commend
• compliment
• endorse
• extol
• hail
• honor
• laud
• proclaim
• recommend
• tout

Strong matches

• acclaim
• adulate
• aggrandize
• approve
• bless
• boost
• cajole
• cheer
• clap
• dignify
• distinguish
• elevate
• ennoble
• eulogize
• exalt
• flatter
• glorify
• puff
• resound
• reverence
• root
• sanction
• stroke
• worship

Weak matches

• bow down
• build up
• cry up
• give thanks
• panegyrize
• pay homage
• pay tribute
• rave over
• sing the praises
• smile on