"apotheosis" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

Model of excellence or perfection of a kind;
One having no equal (synset 110344909)
is a type of: model, role model - someone worthy of imitation
subtypes:
- crackerjack, jimdandy, jimhickey - someone excellent of their kind
- class act - someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence
- humdinger - someone of remarkable excellence
same as: ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint
The elevation of a person (as to the status of a god) (synset 101031146)
is a type of: worship - the activity of worshipping

same as: deification, exaltation