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. Lee Cook-jong:

   Lee told reporters. The doctor said Oh also enjoyed South Korean pop music, especially from girl bands. He likes female idol groups a lot.

2. Alan Howard:

   Within a month (of 'Superman' going on air), I realized that from being a young actor who was doing live television and reading things, I had become what People magazine called a 'TV teen idol' -- I'd become Jimmy Olsen.

3. Katy Perry:

   I really think, like everybody has their opinions on these shows and there is a multitude of them, but I don’t want to be like super shady, but you can name 10 people -- at least -- that have come off ‘American Idol’… that have legitimate careers, that put out music, that have changed their journey, their destiny, affected people’s lives.

4. Simon Fuller:

   I do believe there is an opportunity to do things differently and see what a revamped next generation' American Idol' might look like.

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.