idol
[noun]
Synonyms:
- graven image, deity, god
- hero, beloved, darling, favourite, pet, pin-up (slang)

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English Thesaurus: god, goddess, deity, idol, atheist, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

i‧dol /ˈaɪdl/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: idole, from Greek eidolon 'image, idol']

1. someone or something that you love or admire very much Synonym : hero
idol of
She is the idol of countless teenagers.
She had made an idol of her husband.
a pop idol

2. a picture or statue that is worshipped as a god ⇒ effigy

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

idol
noun
ADJ. film, football, pop, rock, sports, etc. | teen, teenage By this time Pitt had become a teenage idol.
VERB + IDOL make (sb) Teenagers made Dean their idol. The film made an idol of her.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

god a male spirit or being who is believed by some religions to control the world or part of it, or who represents a particular quality:
Odin was the Viking god of war.
goddess a female god:
Artemis, the Greek goddess of the moon
deity a god. Deity is more formal than god:
a Hindu deity
Roman deities
the Supreme Deity
idol a picture or statue that people pray to as a god:
a bronze idol
atheist noun, adjective someone who believes that God does not exist:
I’m a confirmed atheist.
agnostic noun, adjective someone who believes that people cannot know whether God exists or not:
He was an agnostic rather than an atheist.

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