worship

1. 1.

   love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

   “Many teenagers idolized the Beatles”

   Synonymsidolizeidolisehero-worshiprevere

   Broaderadore

   Narrowerdrool over
2. 2.

   show devotion to (a deity)

   “Many Hindus worship Shiva”

   Broaderreverence

   religion

3. 3.

   attend religious services

   “They worship in the traditional manner”

   Broaderattend

   Narroweroffer

1. 1.

   the activity of worshipping

   Broaderactivity

   Narrowerdeificationancestor worshipprayeridolizationadorationidolatrydevotionidiolatryanthropolatrygyneolatry
2. 2.

   a feeling of profound love and admiration

   Synonymsadoration

   Broaderlove

Other forms of worship

plural

worships·

past tense or participle

worshipped

present participle

worshipping

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 worship

What does worship mean?

worship means "love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in worship?

worship has 2 syllables: wor-ship. The stress falls on "wor". In IPA it is /ˈwɝʃəp/.

What is another word for worship?

Close synonyms include idolize, idolise, hero-worship, revere, adoration. 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 worship a common word?

worship is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.