Idol

//ˈaɪ.dl̩//

Synonyms for "idol" (124 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Noun(1 words)
beau ideal

Strong matches (37)

Noun(3 words)
godgraven imageicon

Related words (62)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

7 entries

Synonyms

13 entries

derived

18 entries

Showing 16 of 18 words.

has context

2 entries

is a

7 entries

related to

12 entries

Translations

196 translations across 88 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • idhull noun (representation of anything revered)
  • idhull noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • εἴδωλον noun (representation of anything revered)

Arabic

4 entries
  • آيْدُول noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • صنم noun (representation of anything revered)
  • صَنَم noun (representation of anything revered)
  • وَثَن noun (representation of anything revered)

Armenian

2 entries
  • կուռք noun (representation of anything revered)
  • կուռք noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • büt noun (representation of anything revered)
  • sənəm noun (representation of anything revered)

Baluchi

1 entries
  • بت noun (representation of anything revered)

Bashkir

3 entries
  • бот noun (representation of anything revered)
  • тораташ noun (representation of anything revered)
  • һынташ noun (representation of anything revered)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • бажо́к noun (representation of anything revered)
  • бо́ства noun (representation of anything revered)
  • кумі́р noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • і́дал noun (representation of anything revered)

Bengali

1 entries
  • বুত noun (representation of anything revered)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • и́дол noun (representation of anything revered)
  • и́дол noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • и́дол noun ((Asia, originally Japan) popular performer)
  • куми́р noun (representation of anything revered)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ရုပ်တု noun (representation of anything revered)

Catalan

2 entries
  • ídol noun (representation of anything revered)
  • ídol noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • بت noun (representation of anything revered)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 偶人 noun (representation of anything revered)
  • 偶像 noun (representation of anything revered)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 偶人 noun (representation of anything revered)
  • 偶像 noun (representation of anything revered)
  • 偶像 noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • 偶像 noun ((Asia, originally Japan) popular performer)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • коумиръ noun (representation of anything revered)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • put noun (representation of anything revered)

Czech

3 entries
  • idol noun (representation of anything revered)
  • idol noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • modla noun (representation of anything revered)

Danish

1 entries
  • idol noun (representation of anything revered)

Dutch

3 entries
  • afgod noun (representation of anything revered)
  • godenbeeld noun (representation of anything revered)
  • idool noun (representation of anything revered)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • furorulo noun ((Asia, originally Japan) popular performer)
  • idolkantisto noun ((Asia, originally Japan) popular performer)
  • idolo noun (representation of anything revered)
  • idolo noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Estonian

1 entries
  • iidol noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Finnish

4 entries
  • epäjumalankuva noun (representation of anything revered)
  • esikuva noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • idoli noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • idoli noun ((Asia, originally Japan) popular performer)

French

2 entries
  • idole noun (representation of anything revered)
  • idole noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Galician

2 entries
  • ídolo noun (representation of anything revered)
  • ídolo noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Georgian

1 entries
  • კერპი noun (representation of anything revered)

German

4 entries
  • Götze noun (representation of anything revered)
  • Götze noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • Idol noun (representation of anything revered)
  • Idol noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Greek

3 entries
  • ίνδαλμα noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • είδωλο noun (representation of anything revered)
  • είδωλο noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Gujarati

3 entries
  • દેવપ્રતિમા noun (representation of anything revered)
  • પૂતળું noun (representation of anything revered)
  • મૂર્તિ noun (representation of anything revered)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • בְּעָל noun (representation of anything revered)
  • פסל noun (representation of anything revered)
  • צלם noun (representation of anything revered)
  • תרפים noun (representation of anything revered)

Hindi

3 entries
  • प्रतिमा noun (representation of anything revered)
  • बुत noun (representation of anything revered)
  • मूर्ति noun (representation of anything revered)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • bálvány noun (representation of anything revered)
  • idol noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • berhala noun (representation of anything revered)
  • idola noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • pujaan noun (representation of anything revered)

Isoko

1 entries
  • ẹdhọ noun (representation of anything revered)

Italian

2 entries
  • idol noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • idolo noun (representation of anything revered)

Japanese

4 entries
  • アイドル noun (representation of anything revered)
  • アイドル noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • アイドル noun ((Asia, originally Japan) popular performer)
  • 偶像 noun (representation of anything revered)

Karaim

1 entries
  • abach noun (representation of anything revered)

Karakhanid

1 entries
  • بُرْخَنْ noun (representation of anything revered)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • бұт noun (representation of anything revered)

Khmer

1 entries
  • គារវរូប noun (representation of anything revered)

Korean

4 entries
  • 아이돌 noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • 아이돌 noun ((Asia, originally Japan) popular performer)
  • 우상 noun (representation of anything revered)
  • 우상 noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • аздек noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • бут noun (representation of anything revered)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • dīvaklys noun (representation of anything revered)

Latin

1 entries
  • īdōlum noun (representation of anything revered)

Latvian

1 entries
  • elks noun (representation of anything revered)

Lingala

1 entries
  • nkísi noun (representation of anything revered)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • stabas noun (representation of anything revered)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • идол noun (representation of anything revered)
  • идол noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • кумир noun (representation of anything revered)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • sampy noun (representation of anything revered)

Malay

2 entries
  • berhala noun (representation of anything revered)
  • pujaan noun (representation of anything revered)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • വിഗ്രഹം noun (representation of anything revered)

Maore Comorian

1 entries
  • sanamwe noun (representation of anything revered)

Marathi

3 entries
  • आयडल noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • आयडल noun ((Asia, originally Japan) popular performer)
  • मूर्ती noun (representation of anything revered)

Middle English

2 entries
  • mawmet noun (representation of anything revered)
  • ydole noun (representation of anything revered)

Māori

2 entries
  • hautupua noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • whakapakoko noun (representation of anything revered)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • sinamu noun (representation of anything revered)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • idol noun (representation of anything revered)

Odia

1 entries
  • ମୂର୍ତ୍ତି noun (representation of anything revered)

Old East Slavic

2 entries
  • идолъ noun (representation of anything revered)
  • кумиръ noun (representation of anything revered)

Old English

4 entries
  • dēofolġield noun (representation of anything revered)
  • godġield noun (representation of anything revered)
  • hearg noun (representation of anything revered)
  • wēoh noun (representation of anything revered)

Old Occitan

1 entries
  • ydola noun (representation of anything revered)

Pashto

1 entries
  • بت noun (representation of anything revered)

Persian

2 entries
  • آیدل noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • بُت noun (representation of anything revered)

Polish

4 entries
  • bałwan noun (representation of anything revered)
  • bożek noun (representation of anything revered)
  • idol noun (representation of anything revered)
  • idol noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • ícone noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • ídolo noun (representation of anything revered)
  • ídolo noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਮੂਰਤੀ noun (representation of anything revered)

Quechua

1 entries
  • lanti noun (representation of anything revered)

Romanian

2 entries
  • idol noun (representation of anything revered)
  • idol noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Russian

4 entries
  • а́йдол noun ((Asia, originally Japan) popular performer)
  • божество́ noun (representation of anything revered)
  • божо́к noun (representation of anything revered)
  • и́дол noun (representation of anything revered)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • देवता noun (representation of anything revered)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • ìomhaigh noun (representation of anything revered)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • ìdōl noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • ѝдо̄л noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • පිළිමය noun (representation of anything revered)

Slovak

1 entries
  • idol noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Slovene

1 entries
  • idol noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Spanish

2 entries
  • ídolo noun (representation of anything revered)
  • ídolo noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Swahili

1 entries
  • sanamu noun (representation of anything revered)

Swedish

2 entries
  • idol noun (representation of anything revered)
  • idol noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Tajik

1 entries
  • бут noun (representation of anything revered)

Telugu

2 entries
  • విగ్రహం noun (representation of anything revered)
  • విగ్రహము noun (representation of anything revered)

Thai

4 entries
  • รูปเคารพ noun (representation of anything revered)
  • เทวรูป noun (representation of anything revered)
  • ไอดอล noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • ไอดอล noun ((Asia, originally Japan) popular performer)

Turkish

2 entries
  • idol noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • put noun (representation of anything revered)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • but noun (representation of anything revered)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • божество́ noun (representation of anything revered)
  • божо́к noun (representation of anything revered)
  • куми́р noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)
  • і́дол noun (representation of anything revered)

Urdu

1 entries
  • بُت noun (representation of anything revered)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • but noun (representation of anything revered)
  • sanam noun (representation of anything revered)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • thần tượng noun (representation of anything revered)
  • thần tượng noun (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • אָפּגאָט noun (representation of anything revered)
  • צלם noun (representation of anything revered)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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That singer is a teenage idol.

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The rock star is an idol of the teenagers.

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The girls chased after their teen-age idol.

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He was the idol of children.

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