| devotion | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. devotedness, devotion | feelings of ardent love.; "their devotion to each other was beautiful" |
| ~ love | a strong positive emotion of regard and affection.; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love" |
| n. (act) | 2. devotion | commitment to some purpose.; "the devotion of his time and wealth to science" |
| ~ allegiance, commitment, loyalty, dedication | the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action.; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team" |
| ~ cultism | devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult. |
| ~ hobbyism | a devotion to hobbies. |
| ~ fetich, fetish | excessive or irrational devotion to some activity.; "made a fetish of cleanliness" |
| ~ party spirit | devotion to a political party. |
| n. (act) | 3. cultism, devotion, idolatry, veneration | religious zeal; the willingness to serve God. |
| ~ worship | the activity of worshipping. |
| ~ bible-worship, bibliolatry | the worship of the Bible. |
| ~ grammatolatry, verbolatry, word-worship | the worship of words. |
| ~ symbol-worship, symbolatry, symbololatry | the worship of symbols. |
| ~ anthropolatry, worship of man | the worship of human beings. |
| ~ gynaeolatry, gyneolatry, woman-worship | the worship of women. |
| ~ lordolatry | the worship of a lord because of his rank or title. |
| ~ miracle-worship, thaumatolatry | the worship of miracles. |
| ~ place-worship, topolatry | the worship of places. |
| n. (act) | 4. devotion | (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently).; "he returned to his devotions" |
| ~ prayer, supplication | the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving).; "the priest sank to his knees in prayer" |
| ~ bhakti | (Hinduism) loving devotion to a deity leading to salvation and nirvana; open to all persons independent of caste or sex. |
| ~ novena | a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days. |
| ~ stations, stations of the cross | (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary. |
| ~ plural, plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one. |
| esteem | | |
| n. (state) | 1. esteem, regard, respect | the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded).; "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard" |
| ~ honour, honor, laurels | the state of being honored. |
| ~ stature | high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement.; "a man of great stature" |
| n. (feeling) | 2. admiration, esteem | a feeling of delighted approval and liking. |
| ~ liking | a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment.; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin" |
| ~ anglophilia | admiration for Britain and British customs. |
| ~ hero worship | admiration for great men (or their memory). |
| ~ philhellenism | admiration for Greece and the Greeks and Greek customs. |
| ~ philogyny | admiration for women. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. esteem, regard, respect | an attitude of admiration or esteem.; "she lost all respect for him" |
| ~ attitude, mental attitude | a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways.; "he had the attitude that work was fun" |
| ~ estimation, estimate | the respect with which a person is held.; "they had a high estimation of his ability" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. esteem, prise, prize, respect, value | regard highly; think much of.; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| ~ think the world of | esteem very highly.; "She thinks the world of her adviser" |
| ~ reverence, venerate, revere, fear | regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of.; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius" |
| ~ admire, look up to | feel admiration for. |
| v. (cognition) | 5. esteem, look on, look upon, regard as, repute, take to be, think of | look on as or consider.; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" |
| ~ think, believe, conceive, consider | judge or regard; look upon; judge.; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior" |
| love | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. love | a strong positive emotion of regard and affection.; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love" |
| ~ emotion | any strong feeling. |
| ~ adoration, worship | a feeling of profound love and admiration. |
| ~ agape love, agape | selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature). |
| ~ agape | (Christian theology) the love of God or Christ for mankind. |
| ~ filial love | the love of a child for a parent. |
| ~ ardor, ardour | intense feeling of love. |
| ~ amorousness, enamoredness | a feeling of love or fondness. |
| ~ calf love, puppy love, infatuation, crush | temporary love of an adolescent. |
| ~ devotedness, devotion | feelings of ardent love.; "their devotion to each other was beautiful" |
| ~ benevolence | disposition to do good. |
| ~ heartstrings | your deepest feelings of love and compassion.; "many adoption cases tug at the heartstrings" |
| ~ caring, lovingness | a loving feeling. |
| ~ loyalty | feelings of allegiance. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. love, passion | any object of warm affection or devotion.; "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting" |
| ~ object | the focus of cognitions or feelings.; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection" |
| n. (person) | 3. beloved, dear, dearest, honey, love | a beloved person; used as terms of endearment. |
| ~ lover | a person who loves someone or is loved by someone. |
| n. (feeling) | 4. erotic love, love, sexual love | a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction.; "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love" |
| ~ concupiscence, physical attraction, sexual desire, eros | a desire for sexual intimacy. |
| n. (quantity) | 5. love | a score of zero in tennis or squash.; "it was 40 love" |
| ~ score | a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest.; "the score was 7 to 0" |
| n. (act) | 6. love, love life, lovemaking, making love, sexual love | sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people.; "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life" |
| ~ sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice | activities associated with sexual intercourse.; "they had sex in the back seat" |
| v. (emotion) | 7. love | have a great affection or liking for.; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him" |
| ~ love | be enamored or in love with.; "She loves her husband deeply" |
| ~ cherish, hold dear, care for, treasure | be fond of; be attached to. |
| ~ dote | shower with love; show excessive affection for.; "Grandmother dotes on her the twins" |
| ~ adore | love intensely.; "he just adored his wife" |
| v. (emotion) | 8. enjoy, love | get pleasure from.; "I love cooking" |
| ~ like | find enjoyable or agreeable.; "I like jogging"; "She likes to read Russian novels" |
| ~ get off | enjoy in a sexual way.; "He gets off on shoes" |
| v. (emotion) | 9. love | be enamored or in love with.; "She loves her husband deeply" |
| ~ love | have a great affection or liking for.; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him" |
| ~ romance | have a love affair with. |
| v. (contact) | 10. bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with | have sexual intercourse with.; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" |
| ~ neck, make out | kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion.; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car" |
| ~ have, take | have sex with; archaic use.; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable" |
| ~ fornicate | have sex without being married. |
| ~ copulate, mate, couple, pair | engage in sexual intercourse.; "Birds mate in the Spring" |
| veneration | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. awe, fear, reverence, veneration | a feeling of profound respect for someone or something.; "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for the law bordered on veneration" |
| ~ emotion | any strong feeling. |
| worship | | |
| n. (act) | 1. worship | the activity of worshipping. |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ apotheosis, deification, exaltation | the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god). |
| ~ 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).; "the priest sank to his knees in prayer" |
| ~ idolisation, idolization | the act of worshiping blindly and to excess. |
| ~ latria, adoration | the worship given to God alone. |
| ~ idol worship, idolatry | the worship of idols; the worship of images that are not God. |
| ~ idolatry, cultism, veneration, devotion | religious zeal; the willingness to serve God. |
| ~ autolatry, idiolatry, self-worship | the worship of yourself. |
| ~ arborolatry, tree-worship | the worship of trees. |
| ~ astrolatry, worship of heavenly bodies | the worship of planets or stars. |
| ~ cosmolatry | the worship of the cosmos. |
| ~ demonolatry, devil-worship, diabolatry | the acts or rites of worshiping devils. |
| ~ 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.; "they sang a hymn of praise to God" |
| n. (feeling) | 2. adoration, worship | a feeling of profound love and admiration. |
| ~ love | a strong positive emotion of regard and affection.; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love" |
| v. (emotion) | 3. hero-worship, idolise, idolize, revere, worship | love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol.; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles" |
| ~ adore | love intensely.; "he just adored his wife" |
| ~ drool over, slobber over | envy without restraint. |
| v. (emotion) | 4. worship | show devotion to (a deity).; "Many Hindus worship Shiva" |
| ~ faith, religion, religious belief | a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.; "he lost his faith but not his morality" |
| ~ reverence, venerate, revere, fear | regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of.; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius" |
| v. (stative) | 5. worship | attend religious services.; "They worship in the traditional manner" |
| ~ attend, go to | be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc..; "She attends class regularly"; "I rarely attend services at my church"; "did you go to the meeting?" |
| ~ offer up, offer | present as an act of worship.; "offer prayers to the gods" |
| revere | | |
| n. (person) | 1. paul revere, revere | American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818). |
| ~ american revolutionary leader | a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States. |
| ~ silver-worker, silversmith, silverworker | someone who makes or repairs articles of silver. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. revere, revers | a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side. |
| ~ lapel | lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar. |
| v. (emotion) | 3. fear, revere, reverence, venerate | regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of.; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius" |
| ~ esteem, respect, prise, prize, value | regard highly; think much of.; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" |
| ~ saint, enshrine | hold sacred. |
| ~ worship | show devotion to (a deity).; "Many Hindus worship Shiva" |
| expensive | | |
| adj. | 1. expensive | high in price or charging high prices.; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop" |
| ~ big-ticket, high-ticket | very expensive.; "big-ticket items like cars and furs"; "a big-ticket government program" |
| ~ high-priced, pricey, pricy, costly, dear | having a high price.; "costly jewelry"; "high-priced merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a pricey restaurant" |
| ~ costly, dearly-won | entailing great loss or sacrifice.; "a dearly-won victory" |
| ~ overpriced | too costly for the value.; "overpriced items at resort shops" |
| ~ valuable | having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange.; "a valuable diamond" |
| dear | | |
| n. (person) | 1. dear, lamb | a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child). |
| ~ inexperienced person, innocent | a person who lacks knowledge of evil. |
| adj. | 2. beloved, darling, dear | dearly loved. |
| ~ loved | held dear.; "his loved companion of many years" |
| adj. | 3. dear, good, near | with or in a close or intimate relationship.; "a good friend"; "my sisters and brothers are near and dear" |
| ~ close | close in relevance or relationship.; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance" |
| adj. | 4. dear, devout, earnest, heartfelt | earnest.; "one's dearest wish"; "devout wishes for their success"; "heartfelt condolences" |
| ~ sincere | open and genuine; not deceitful.; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship" |
| adj. | 5. costly, dear, high-priced, pricey, pricy | having a high price.; "costly jewelry"; "high-priced merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a pricey restaurant" |
| ~ expensive | high in price or charging high prices.; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop" |
| adv. | 6. affectionately, dear, dearly | with affection.; "she loved him dearly"; "he treats her affectionately" |
| adv. | 7. dear, dearly | at a great cost.; "he paid dearly for the food"; "this cost him dear" |
| love | | |
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