WORSHIP (worshipped, worshipping)
Dictionary entry overview: What does worship mean?
• WORSHIP (noun)
The noun WORSHIP has 2 senses:
1. the activity of worshipping
2. a feeling of profound love and admiration
Familiarity information: WORSHIP used as a noun is rare.
• WORSHIP (verb)
The verb WORSHIP has 3 senses:
1. love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
2. show devotion to (a deity)
3. attend religious services
Familiarity information: WORSHIP used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• WORSHIP (noun)
Meaning:
The activity of worshipping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("worship" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "worship"):
apotheosis; deification; exaltation (the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god))
fire-worship; pyrolatry (the worship of fire)
hagiolatry; hierolatry (the worship of saints)
heliolatry; sun-worship (the worship of the sun)
animal-worship; zoolatry (the worship of animals)
monolatry (the worship of a single god but without claiming that it is the only god)
moon-worship; selenolatry (the worship of the moon)
salaah; salaat; salah; salat (the second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward Mecca)
praise (offering words of homage as an act of worship)
demonolatry; devil-worship; diabolatry (the worship of devils)
cosmolatry (the worship of the cosmos)
astrolatry; worship of heavenly bodies (the worship of planets or stars)
ancestor worship (worship of ancestors)
prayer; supplication (the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving))
idolisation; idolization (the act of worshiping blindly and to excess)
adoration; latria (the worship given to God alone)
idol worship; idolatry (the worship of idols; the worship of images that are not God)
cultism; devotion; idolatry; veneration (religious zeal; the willingness to serve God)
autolatry; idiolatry; self-worship (the worship of yourself)
arborolatry; tree-worship (the worship of trees)
Meaning:
A feeling of profound love and admiration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
adoration; worship
Hypernyms ("worship" is a kind of...):
love (a strong positive emotion of regard and affection)
• WORSHIP (verb)
Meaning:
Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
worship; revere; idolize; idolise; hero-worship
Context example:
Many teenagers idolized the Beatles
Hypernyms (to "worship" is one way to...):
adore (love intensely)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "worship"):
drool over; slobber over (envy without restraint)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot worship Sue
Meaning:
Show devotion to (a deity)
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
Many Hindus worship Shiva
Hypernyms (to "worship" is one way to...):
fear; revere; reverence; venerate (regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of)
Domain category:
faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Attend religious services
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
They worship in the traditional manner
Hypernyms (to "worship" is one way to...):
attend; go to (be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "worship"):
offer; offer up (present as an act of worship)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s PP
