idolator

Devotee of images

An idolator is someone who worships idols—images or objects treated as gods.

More broadly, it describes anyone who devotes excessive admiration to something: an idolator of celebrity culture, idolators of wealth.

The word carries religious disapproval in its original sense but is often used loosely or humorously for obsessive devotion.

Also spelled idolater.

religious

worshipper

One who venerates

  • devoteeZealous admirer or follower
  • paganNon-mainstream religion follower
  • heathenIrreligious nonbeliever

polytheist · fetishist · votary · cultist · heretic · apostate · blasphemer · effigy · shrine · altar

admirer

worshipper

One who venerates

  • adorerOne who deeply admires
  • devoteeZealous admirer or follower
  • fanAdmirer or air mover

enthusiast · admirer · venerator · groupie · stan · superfan · fawner · sycophant · stargazer · infatuated

fanatic

zealot

Obsessive cause supporter

militant · hardliner · dogmatist · bigot · crusader · diehard · monomaniac · puritan · ultra · chauvinist

follower

disciple

Committed follower of teaching

believer · follower · convert · proselyte · partisan · sectarian · faithful · supporter · champion · advocate

Opposites
religious worship practice

idolatormonotheist

One-god believer

iconoclast · Muslim · Jew · Christian · Puritan

belief vs. unbelief

idolatoratheist

One denying gods exist

unbeliever · nonbeliever · skeptic · agnostic · secularist

devotional intensity

idolatoriconoclast

Attacker of cherished beliefs

desecrator · blasphemer · cynic · debunker

Family

idolatry, idolatrous, idolater, idolaters, idolatries, idolators, idolatress

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