Noun: idol I-d(u)l
- A material effigy that is worshipped
"Ancient temples contained many carved idols";
- graven image, god
- Someone who is adored blindly and excessively
"In the 1920s, Rudolph Valentino was a matinee idol who captivated audiences";
- matinee idol
- An ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
"The young athlete was the very idol of physical fitness";
- paragon, perfection, beau idéal
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Derived forms: idols
Type of: effigy, ideal, image, lead, principal, simulacrum, star
Encyclopedia: Idol, Billy