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Idol

Idol Meaning & Definition
Idol Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Idol?

[n] a material effigy that is worshipped as a god; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god"
[n] an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
[n] someone who is adored blindly and excessively

Synonyms | Synonyms for Idol: beau ideal | god | graven image | matinee idol | paragon | perfection

Related Terms | Find terms related to Idol: Baal | big name | celebrity | companion | constellation | copy | cosset | cynosure | darling | dea | dead ringer | deity | demigod | demigoddess | deus | deva | devi | devil-god | divinity | double | duplicate | effigy | exact likeness | false god | favorite | fellow | fetish | figure | folk hero | fondling | galaxy | god | goddess | golden calf | graven image | great man | heathen god | hero | heroine | icon | ikon | image | immortal | important person | jewel | joss | Juggernaut | likeness | lion | living image | living picture | luminaries | luminary | man of mark | master spirit | match | mate | matinee idol | miniature | minion | mirroring | model | name | notability | notable | pagan deity | person of note | personage | pet | phoenix | photograph | picture | pleiad | pop hero | popular hero | popular idol | portrait | preference | public figure | reflection | resemblance | rubbing | semblance | shadow | similitude | simulacrum | social lion | somebody | spit and image | spitting image | spoiled child | star | superstar | symbol | the shining ones | trace | tracing | twin | very image | very picture | worthy

See Also | effigy | golden calf | heartthrob | ideal | image | joss | Juggernaut | lead | principal | simulacrum | star

Idol In Webster's Dictionary

\I"dol\, n. [OE. idole, F. idole, L. idolum, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? that which is seen, the form, shape, figure, fr. ? to see. See {Wit}, and cf. {Eidolon}.] 1. An image or representation of anything. [Obs.] Do her adore with sacred reverence, As th' idol of her maker's great magnificence. --Spenser. 2. An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god. That they should not worship devils, and idols of gold. --Rev. ix. 20. 3. That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored. The soldier's god and people's idol. --Denham. 4. A false notion or conception; a fallacy. --Bacon. The idols of preconceived opinion. --Coleridge.

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