worshipping
Showing deep veneration
Worshipping is showing reverence or devotion, whether to a deity, an ideal, or a person.
Religious worshipping involves prayer, ritual, and attendance at services: They've been worshipping at the same church for decades.
The word extends to intense admiration: fans worshipping their favorite celebrity.
Also spelled worshiping.
Expression of approval
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- glorificationElevating praise or worship
- exaltationIntense joyful elevation
- homageExpression of deep respect
awe · reverence · honoring · love · devotion · affection · fervor · ardor
Formal event marking occasions
- ritesFormal ceremonial acts
- processionFormal moving line
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
- genuflectionKnee-bending act of reverence
prostration · bowing · kneeling · ablution · libation · fasting · vigil · sacrament
Address to deity
- templeSacred worship structure
- churchPlace of Christian worship
- mosqueIslamic house of worship
- synagogueJewish house of worship
shrine · altar · sanctuary · pilgrimage · congregation · liturgy · hymn · chanting
Focused attention practice
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
- sacredWorthy of reverence
holiness · sanctity · soul · karma · dharma · nirvana · moksha · salvation
praise
Expression of approval
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- glorificationElevating praise or worship
- exaltationIntense joyful elevation
homage · awe · reverence · honoring · love · devotion · affection · fervor · ardor · passion
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- ritesFormal ceremonial acts
- processionFormal moving line
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
genuflection · prostration · bowing · kneeling · ablution · libation · fasting · vigil · sacrament · ordination
prayer
Address to deity
synagogue · shrine · altar · sanctuary · pilgrimage · congregation · liturgy · hymn · chanting · incense
meditation
Focused attention practice
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
sacred · holiness · sanctity · soul · karma · dharma · nirvana · moksha · salvation · satori
venerate
Honor with deep respect
lionize · adulate · extol · laud · idolize · enshrine · canonize · beatify · apotheosize · fandom
devout
Deeply religious, sincere
- faithfulConsistently loyal and true
- godlyDeeply religious in character
- righteousMorally good, justified
holy · virtuous · reverent · humble · obedient · observant · dutiful · sincere · zealous · fervent
- group activitiesgroup games, voting, protest, group dance, group project
- glorificationglorifying, glorification, exalting, exaltation, idolizing
- captivatedspellbound, entranced, enthralled, mesmerized, rapt
worshippingdespising
Feeling intense contempt for
blaspheming · desecrating · reviling · disdaining · scorning
worshippingblaspheming
Reviling the divine
desecrating · profaning · sacrilegious · defiling · sacrilege
- worshipping the ground someone walks onExtreme reverent admiration for someone
- worshipping the porcelain godSlang for vomiting into toilet
worship, worships, worshipped, worshiped, worshipper, worshiping, unworshipped, worship the porcelain god