idol
idol is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.3. 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.
- 3.A false notion or conception; a fallacy. Bacon. The idols of preconceived opinion. Coleridge.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- address
- adorer
- after
- apotheosis
- apple
- avatar
- calf
- canonization
- canonize
- captain
- child
- cosset
- crony
- darling
- dear
- deification
- deify
- demonism
- demonolatry
- duck
- eye
- favorite
- fetich
- fetichism
- fetishism
- fondling
- general
- golden
- graven
- heart
- hecatomb
- heliolatry
- hero
- holocaust
- honey
- human
- idolatrous
- idolatry
- idolism
- image
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is idol.
- What is 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 called?
- What is a false notion or conception; a fallacy. Bacon. The idols of preconceived opinion. Coleridge called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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