idolatryEnglishOxford American Thesaurusidolatry noun 1 Jeremiah preached against idolatry: idol worship, idolatrism, fetishism, iconolatry, icon worship; paganism, heathenism, heresy, sacrilege, ungodliness. 2 our idolatry of art: idolization, idolizing, fetishization, worship, worshipping, adulation, adoration, adoring, reverence, glorification, lionizing, lionization, love, admiration, loving, admiring, hero-worshipping. ▷antonyms vilification.