Synonyms for adoration
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Noun
1. Worship
worship, admiration, devotion, reverence, veneration, idolatry, homage, ideolatry
Other
idolization, idolisation UK, latria
Definitions
- n. 1
An act of religious worship.
Forms
- Plural
- adorations → worships, admirations, devotions, reverences…
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Adoration, in its full sense, is loftier than veneration, less restrained and awed than reverence, and with more of the spirit of direct, active, and joyful worship.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- worship If you worship God alone, you will go to paradise.
- devotion The senator avowed his devotion to his constituents.
- admiration Lukas and Rima stared at each other in admiration.
- reverence I felt profound reverence for the courageous mother.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| adoration | rising | |
| worship | rising | |
| devotion | steady | |
| admiration | steady | |
| reverence | rising | |
| idolization | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- homage2, latria
- 7 letters
- worship2
- 8 letters
- devotion3, idolatry4
- 9 letters
- reverence3, ideolatry
- 10 letters
- admiration4, veneration4
- 11 letters
- idolization, idolisation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (homage2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- adoration
- Italiano
- adorazione
- Español
- adoración
- Deutsch
- Anbetung