Synonyms for idol
ˈaɪd lidol

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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 SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. idolnoun

   Synonyms:
   pagan deity, false god

2. idolnoun

   Synonyms:
   falsity

3. idolnoun

   Synonyms:
   favorite, pet, darling

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1. idolnoun

   Synonyms:
   image (of a divinity), effigy, graven image, Juggernaut

   Associated words:
   idolater, idolatrous, idolatry, idolize, iconoplast, iconoclast, iconodule, idolomania, iconography, iconology, idoloclast, iconomachy, ting, iconolatry

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1. List of paraphrases for "idol":

   heroine, shrine

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1. Kelly Clarkson:

   I was the biggest girl in the show, and I wasn't big, but people would call me big. Because I was the biggest one on 'Idol,' I've kind of always gotten that.

2. Katy Perry:

   …You know, we all have got our own gig. I'm on tour. I'm, you know we don't need to be overexposed, there's only one American Idol.

3. Robert Southey:

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

4. Jackson Browne:

   And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.

5. Michal Neuvirth:

   He was my idol. I always wanted to be like him.