Idol

Definitions

1. A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.
2. A cultural icon, or especially popular person.
3. A popular entertainer, usually young, captivating and attractive, and often female, with an image of being close to fans.
4. An eidolon or phantom; a misleading or elusive image or representation.
   obsolete

Equivalents

52 more languages

العربيةآيْدُولالمعبودبدجبتصنمطاغوتوثن+ 4 more

Българскии́дол

বাংলাবুত

Bosanskibogidolputбогбутидол+ 3 more

Catalàídol

Češtinamodla

Ελληνικάείδωλοθεόςίνδαλμα

Esperantoidolo

فارسیبت

Suomiepäjumalankuvaesikuvaidolijumalankuva+ 1 more

Gàidhligìomhaigh

Galegoídolo

ગુજરાતીપૂતળુંમૂર્તિ

עבריתבושתבַּעַלבעלפסלצלםתרפים+ 3 more

हिन्दीप्रतिमाप्रतिरूपबुतमूर्तिसनम+ 2 more

Hrvatskibogidolputбогбутидол+ 3 more

Magyarbálvány

Հայերենկուռք

Bahasa Indonesiaarcaberhaladewapatungpujaan+ 2 more

Italianoidolidolo

日本語アイドル偶像禰

ქართულიკერპი

Қазақ тілібұт

ភាសាខ្មែរគារវរូប

한국어아이돌우상

Kurdîdewaîdolpût

Кыргызчабут

Latinaidolum

Lingálankisi

Lietuviųstabas

Latviešuelks

Македонскиидолкумир

മലയാളംവിഗ്രഹം

मराठीमूर्ती

Bahasa Melayuberhalapujaan

မြန်မာရုပ်တု

Nederlandsafgodgodenbeeldidool

Polskibałwanbałwańskibożekbożyszczediabełidolidolkamodła+ 5 more

Portuguêsíconeídolo

Românăidol

Русскийа́йдолбожествобожокидолистука́нкумирчур+ 4 more

Shqipidhull

Српскиbogidolputбогбутидол+ 3 more

Svenskaidol

Kiswahilisanamu

తెలుగువిగ్రహంవిగ్రహము

Тоҷикӣбут

ไทยรูปเคารพเทวรูปไอดอล

Türkçeidolputtapıncak

Українськабовванбожество́божо́кі́долкуми́р+ 2 more

اردوبت

Tiếng Việtngẫu tượngthần tượng

Examples

“20 And the rest⟳ of the men which were not killed by these plagues, yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship⟳ deuils, and idoles of golde, and siluer, and brasse, and stone, and of wood, which neither can see⟳, nor heare, nor walke: 21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.”

“Sunning himself on the board⟳ steps, I saw⟳ for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like⟳ an English tourist, and his face⟳ might have⟳ belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.”

“There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Kathmandu, There's a little marble cross below the town; There's a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew, And the Yellow God forever gazes down.”

“Tom Cruise is his idol.”

“Sachin Tendulkar is Rohan's idol.”

“They are known as "idols" and their job is "to sell⟳ dreams". For decades, the young pop stars of Japan and South Korea have⟳ been the envy of teenagers.”

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