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

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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. Vijay Samuel Benjamin:

   Idol worship is worshiping, adoring, gossiping, boasting or even being caught-up with anything that is created.

2. Edward Dahlberg:

   There is a strange and mighty race of people called the Americans who are rapidly becoming the coldest in the world because of this cruel, man-eating idol, lucre.

3. John Kasich:

   Right now, I think we 're in the kind of 'American Idol,' maybe, quarterfinals and ultimately it gets down to fewer.

4. Sebastian Vettel:

   The next stage of Sebastian Vettel Formula One career will be spent with Scuderia Ferrari and for Sebastian Vettel Scuderia Ferrari means the dream of a lifetime has come true, When I was a kid, Michael Schumacher in the red car was my greatest idol and now it’s an incredible honor to finally get the chance to drive a Ferrari.

5. Ryan Seacrest:

   Welcome to' American Idol.' Now, I am not Ryan Seacrest ; I am Ryan Seacrest, sadly, Ryan is sick, and I look most like him so they asked me to fill his shoes tonight. Ryan, love you, buddy. Hope you get better.