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Definition of Idolize
1. Verb. Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol. "Sam cannot idolize Sue "; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles"
Generic synonyms: Adore
Specialized synonyms: Drool Over, Slobber Over
Derivative terms: Idol, Idol, Idol, Idolisation, Idolisation, Idol, Idol, Idol, Idolization, Idolization, Idolizer, Reverence, Reverent, Reverent, Worship, Worshiper, Worshipper
Definition of Idolize
1. v. t. To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt.
2. v. i. To practice idolatry.
Definition of Idolize
1. Verb. To make an idol of, or to worship as an idol. ¹
2. Verb. To adore excessively; to revere immoderately. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Idolize
1. to worship [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] - See also: worship
Lexicographical Neighbors of Idolize
Literary usage of Idolize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Antonyms: see CLEAR, RECOVER, WIN. loss, nl See RUIN. 4. See AMOUR, LIKING.
love, ». t. 1. belove (chiefly in passive), cherish; spec, adore, idolize, ..."
2. The Fashionable World Displayed by John Owen (1806)
"In a word, the whole of their demeanour is such as might be expected from a
people, who idolize the most frivolous or the most vicious propensities of human ..."
3. Workfellows in Social Progression by Kate Stephens (1916)
""Tobacco Battered and The Pipes Shattered (about their Ears that idly idolize so
base and barbarous a Weed; at leastwise over-love so loathsome Vanitie;) by ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"idolize, va I. Deify. Idyl,«. [Written also Idyll.] I. Bucolic, eclogue, pastoral,
pastoral poem. 2. Adore, reverence or love excessively, be extravagantly ..."
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