look up to

English

Verb

look up to (third-person singular simple present looks up to, present participle looking up to, simple past and past participle looked up to)

1. (transitive) To show respect or admiration for (someone); to see (someone) as a role model.

   Synonyms: respect, idolize

   A boy should look up to his father.

Antonyms

• look down on

Related terms

• look up

Translations

To show respect for

• Chinese: 崇拜 (zh) (chóngbài), 钦佩 (zh) (qīnpèi)
• Czech: vzhlížet k(e)
• Finnish: ihailla (fi), kunnioittaa (fi)
• French: respecter (fr)
• German: aufblicken zu, achten (de)
• Hungarian: felnéz (hu)
• Japanese: 見上げる (ja) (miageru), 仰ぐ (ja) (aogu), 重んじる (ja) (omonjiru), 重視する (ja) (jūshi suru), 尊敬する (ja) (sonkei suru), 尊重する (ja) (sonchō suru)
• Norwegian: se opp til (no)
• Polish: podziwiać (pl)
• Portuguese: admirar (pt), respeitar (pt)
• Spanish: respetar (es)
• Swedish: se upp till (sv)
• Turkish: hayranlık duymak (tr), örnek almak (tr)

To see as a role model

• Russian: равняться на (ravnjatʹsja na), брать пример с (bratʹ primer s)