idol has definitions from the fields of religion,performing arts
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[ noun ] (religion) a material effigy that is worshipped as a god

Synonyms

graven_image god

Examples

"thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image" "money was his god"

Used in print

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

Stevie saw no idols ; it troubled him that he could n't always see what Papa saw .

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

One morning , we discovered not_only that the pennies were missing from the idol but that a cigarette had been stubbed_out in its lap .

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[ noun ] (performing arts) someone who is adored blindly and excessively

Synonyms

matinee_idol

Used in print

(The New York Times,...)

The idol of the hackers , of_course , is Ray_Ainsley , who achieved a 19 in the United_States_Open .

Related terms

star heartthrob idolize

3
[ noun ] an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept

Related terms

ideal gold_standard idolize

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