hero-worship
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
Many teenagers idolized the Beatles
Types & categories
- adore hypernym
- drool over hyponym
Related & opposite
- idolization derivation
- idolization derivation
- idol derivation
- paragon derivation
- reverence derivation
- adoration derivation
- matinee idol derivation
- idolizer derivation
- worshiper derivation
- godly derivation
- reverent derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | idolization |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | idolization |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | idol |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | paragon |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reverence |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | adoration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | matinee idol |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | idolizer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | worshiper |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | godly |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reverent |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | adore |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drool over |