IDOL meaning: Admired figure, often excessively revered

We found 38 dictionaries that define the word idol:

General (25 matching dictionaries)

idol: Merriam-Webster.com
idol: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
idol: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
idol: Collins English Dictionary
idol: Vocabulary.com
Idol, idol, iDol: Wordnik
idol: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
idol: Wiktionary
idol: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
idol: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
idol: Infoplease Dictionary
Idol, idol: Dictionary.com
idol: Online Etymology Dictionary
idol: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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Idol: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
idol: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
idol: Rhymezone
Idol (nt), idol: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
idol: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
idol: Free Dictionary
idol: Mnemonic Dictionary
idol: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)

idol-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (1 matching dictionary)

idol: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)

IDOL: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
idol: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)

Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
IDOL: Acronym Finder
idol: Idioms

Religion (4 matching dictionaries)

Idol: Easton Bible
Religious Tolerance (No longer online)
Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)
Idol: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

I.D.O.L, idol: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.
▸ noun:  A cultural icon, or especially popular person.
▸ noun:  (Asia, originally Japan) A popular entertainer, usually young, captivating and attractive, and often female, with an image of being close to fans.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) An eidolon or phantom; something misleading or elusive.

Opposite:

nonentity, nobody, cipher, zero

Types:

golden calf, more...

Phrases:

idol worship, matinee idol, American Idol, fallen idol, Golden Idol, more...

Adjectives:

popular, great, new, wooden, golden, old, little, national, false, fallen, former

Colors:

gold, silver, white, purple, red, more...

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