He has her on a pedestal.
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Pedestal
//ˈpɛdɪstəl//
Synonyms for "pedestal" (61 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
Related word relations
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More general
3 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesat location
5 entriescapable of
2 entriesderived
12 entrieshas context
5 entriesis a
3 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
used for
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
90 translations across 48 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- pilaarvoet noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- voetstuk noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- βάθρον noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- ὑπόβαθρα noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Arabic
3 entries- حامِل noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- عَمُود noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- مِنَصَّة noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Armenian
1 entries- պատվանդան noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Basque
1 entries- idulki noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Belarusian
2 entries- п'едэста́л noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- пастаме́нт noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Breton
1 entries- mas noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пиедестал noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Catalan
2 entries- peana noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- pedestal noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 台座 noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- 基座 noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- 座子 noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Czech
2 entries- piedestal noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- podstavec noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Danish
1 entries- sokkel noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Dutch
2 entries- sokkel noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- voetstuk noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Esperanto
2 entries- piedestalo noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- soklo noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Finnish
1 entries- jalusta noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
French
1 entries- piédestal noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Galician
2 entries- peaña noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- pedestal noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Georgian
4 entries- კვარცხლბეკი noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- საფუძველი noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- საყრდენი noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- ფუძე noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
German
4 entries- Auflagebock noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- Auflager noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- Basis noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- Bock noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Hebrew
1 entries- כַּן noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Hungarian
2 entries- piedesztál noun (figuratively: a place of reverence or honor)
- talapzat noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Icelandic
1 entries- fótstallur noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Ido
1 entries- piedestalo noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Irish
1 entries- seastán noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Italian
1 entries- piedistallo noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Japanese
1 entries- 台座 noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Latin
2 entries- basis noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- crepīdō noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Latvian
1 entries- pjedestāls noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pjedestalas noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Sockel noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Macedonian
1 entries- пиедестал noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Manx
1 entries- laan noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Norwegian
2 entries- pidestall noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- sokkel noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Occitan
1 entries- pèdestal noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- سكی noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- كرسی noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Persian
1 entries- پایه noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Polish
2 entries- piedestał noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- postument noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Portuguese
1 entries- pedestal noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Romanian
1 entries- piedestal noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Russian
3 entries- постаме́нт noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- пьедеста́л noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- цо́коль noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Slovak
2 entries- piedestál noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- podstavec noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Slovene
1 entries- podstávek noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Spanish
2 entries- peana noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- pedestal noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Swedish
1 entries- piedestal noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Thai
1 entries- แท่น noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Turkish
4 entries- ayaklık noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- duraç noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- kaide noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- oturtak noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Ukrainian
1 entries- п'єдестал noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bệ noun (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
A bust of Aristotle stands on a pedestal in the entryway.
Source: tatoeba (950923)
The sky is a pedestal for stars.
Source: tatoeba (1778520)
On the summit, hard and clear like an equestrian statue upon its pedestal, was a mounted soldier, dark and stern, his rifle poised ready over his forearm.
Source: tatoeba (6606598)
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