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Synonyms for idol
ˈaɪd lidol

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Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 1 vote

  1. idol, graven image, godnoun

    a material effigy that is worshipped

    "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god"

    Synonyms:
    graven image, deity, perfection, matinee idol, divinity, paragon, god, beau ideal, immortal

  2. idol, matinee idolnoun

    someone who is adored blindly and excessively

    Synonyms:
    perfection, paragon, matinee idol, beau ideal, god, graven image

  3. paragon, idol, perfection, beau idealnoun

    an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept

    Synonyms:
    nonsuch, flawlessness, saint, nonesuch, perfection, apotheosis, paragon, graven image, matinee idol, god, nonpareil, beau ideal, ideal, ne plus ultra

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. idolnoun

    Synonyms:
    pagan deity, false god

  2. idolnoun

    Synonyms:
    falsity

  3. idolnoun

    Synonyms:
    favorite, pet, darling

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "idol":

    heroine, shrine

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How to use idol in a sentence?

  1. Nikoloz Basilashvili:

    My win against Roger meant a lot to me because he was my idol, i would say Roger’s win was very important in my career. Beating Stefanos today was, as well, really, really important match.

  2. Anirban Lahiri:

    Meeting him in person, he had a strong, positive aura about him, it was nice to interact with him and pick his brain and get some perspective how he goes about his golf. He's been an idol growing up, a larger than life figure.

  3. John Calvin:

    It is said that this idol provoked to jealousy, because the Jews by erecting this idol trod under foot their God, or at least endeavored to prostrate his glory.”

  4. Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn:

    One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to.

  5. Robert Southey:

    Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to be nothing.


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