Synonyms for pedestal
ˈpɛd ə stlpedestal

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1. base, pedestal, standnoun

   a support or foundation

   "the base of the lamp"

   Synonyms:
   standstill, al-Qaeda, sales booth, groundwork, al-Qaida, rack, point of view, theme, basis, fundament, standpoint, nucleotide, foundation, viewpoint, radical, root, floor, footstall, substructure, foot, understructure, alkali, cornerstone, base, stall, outdoor stage, bandstand, home, stem, base of operations, radix, root word, stand, tie-up, infrastructure, plinth, al-Qa'ida, bag

2. pedestalnoun

   a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)

   "they put him on a pedestal"

   Synonyms:
   base, stand, plinth, footstall

3. pedestal, plinth, footstallnoun

   an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)

   Synonyms:
   base, stand, plinth, footstall

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1. Donald Trump:

   I've noticed how success is always put up on a pedestal.

2. George Miller:

   I needed a warrior. But it couldn't be a man taking five wives from another man. That's an entirely different story. So everything grew out of that. to celebrate everything there is about being a woman, and not trying to put women on a pedestal, but being surrounded by other women in a story that was just real.

3. Hunter S. Thompson:

   There is a progression of understanding vis-?-vis pro football that varies drastically with the factor of distance -- physical, emotional, intellectual and every other way. Which is exactly the way it should be, in the eyes of the amazingly small number of people who own and control the game, because it is this finely managed distance factor that accounts for the high-profit mystique that blew the sacred institution of baseball off its national pastime pedestal in less than fifteen years.

4. Shannon Slutman:

   He just did the right thing, he didnt expect anybody to put him up on a pedestal, [or] to put it on Facebook.

5. Ralph Northam:

   This land is in the middle of Richmond, and Richmonders will determine the future of this space, the Commonwealth will remove the pedestal, and we anticipate a safe removal and a successful conclusion to this project.