English noun: worship | |||
1. | worship (act) the activity of worshipping | ||
Broader (hypernym) | activity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | adoration, ancestor worship, animal-worship, apotheosis, arborolatry, astrolatry, autolatry, cosmolatry, cultism, deification, demonolatry, devil-worship, devotion, diabolatry, exaltation, fire-worship, hagiolatry, heliolatry, hierolatry, idiolatry, idol worship, idolatry, idolatry, idolisation, idolization, latria, monolatry, moon-worship, praise, prayer, pyrolatry, salaah, salaat, salah, salat, selenolatry, self-worship, sun-worship, supplication, tree-worship, veneration, worship of heavenly bodies, zoolatry | ||
2. | worship (feeling) a feeling of profound love and admiration | ||
Synonyms | adoration | ||
Broader (hypernym) | love | ||
English verb: worship | |||
1. | worship (emotion) love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol | ||
Samples | Many teenagers idolized the Beatles. | ||
Examples | Sam cannot worship Sue | ||
Synonyms | hero-worship, idolise, idolize, revere | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adore | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | drool over, slobber over | ||
2. | worship (emotion) show devotion to (a deity) | ||
Samples | Many Hindus worship Shiva. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fear, revere, reverence, venerate | ||
Domain category | faith, religion, religious belief | ||
3. | worship (stative) attend religious services | ||
Samples | They worship in the traditional manner. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | attend, go to | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | offer, offer up | ||