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. Rabindranath Tagore:

   Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than your idol.

2. Pope Francis:

   When money becomes an idol, it commands the choices of man. And thus it ruins man and condemns him. It makes him a slave, money at the service of life can be managed in the right way by cooperatives, on condition that it is a real cooperative where capital does not have command over men but men over capital.

3. John Calvin:

   It is said that this idol provoked to jealousy, because the Jews by erecting this idol trod under foot their God, or at least endeavored to prostrate his glory.”

4. Sir Arthur Eddington:

   Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.

5. 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.