adored

1. 1.

   regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)

   “adored grandchildren”

   “an idolized wife”

   Synonymsidolizedidolisedworshipped

   Similarloved

Other forms of adored

comparative

adoredder·

superlative

adoreddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about adored

What does adored mean?

adored means "regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)".

How many syllables are in adored?

adored has 2 syllables: ado-red. The stress falls on "red". In IPA it is /əˈdɔɹd/.

What is another word for adored?

Close synonyms include idolized, idolised, worshipped. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is adored a common word?

adored is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.