i ‧ dol /ˈaɪdl/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: idole , from Greek eidolon 'image, idol' ]
1 . someone or something that you love or admire very much SYN hero
idol of
She is the idol of countless teenagers.
She had made an idol of her husband.
a pop idol
2 . a picture or ↑ statue that is worshipped as a god ⇨ effigy
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THESAURUS
▪ god a male spirit or being who is believed by some religions to control the world or part of it, or who represents a particular quality:
Odin was the Viking god of war.
▪ goddess a female god:
Artemis, the Greek goddess of the moon
▪ deity a god. Deity is more formal than god :
a Hindu deity
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Roman deities
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the Supreme Deity
▪ idol a picture or statue that people pray to as a god:
a bronze idol