ADMIRE

• Approve of

• Be a fan of

• Drool over, perhaps

• Esteem

• Esteem highly

• Have respect for

• Hold in esteem

• Hold in high regard

• Idolize

• Like

• Like very much

• Look to as a role model

• Look up to

• Look up to rock hero

• Look upon with favor

• Marvel at

• One may do it from afar

• Prize

• Rate highly

• Regard highly

• Regard with pleasure

• Regard with wonder

• Respect

• Respect highly

• Revere

• Stare at, maybe

• Stare at, say

• Take after, perhaps

• Think a lot of

• Think highly of

• Think much of

• Think the world of

• Think well of

• Venerate

• Want to emulate