A material effigy that is worshipped.
synonyms: god, graven image.
Roget 599:
the drama,
the stage,
the theater,
the play;
film the film,
movies,
motion pictures,
cinema,
cinematography;
theatricals,
dramaturgy,
histrionic art,
buskin,
sock,
cothurnus†,
Melpomene and Thalia,
Thespis.
play,
drama,
stage play,
piece [Fr.],
five-act play,
tragedy,
comedy,
opera,
vaudeville,
comedietta†,
lever de rideau [Fr.],
interlude,
afterpiece†,
exode†,
farce,
divertissement,
extravaganza,
burletta†,
harlequinade†,
pantomime,
burlesque,
opera bouffe [Fr.],
ballet,
spectacle,
masque,
drame comedie drame [Fr.];
melodrama,
melodrame†;
comidie larmoyante [Fr.],
sensation drama;
tragicomedy,
farcical-comedy;
monodrame monologue;
duologue trilogy†;
charade,
proverbs;
mystery,
miracle play;
musical,
musical comedy.
[movies]
western,
horse opera;
flick [Coll.];
spy film,
love story,
adventure film,
documentary,
nature film;
pornographic film,
smoker,
skin flick,
X-rated film.
act,
scene,
tableau;
induction,
introduction;
prologue,
epilogue;
libretto.
performance,
representation,
mise en scene [Fr.],
stagery†,
jeu de theatre [Fr.];
acting;
gesture
etc.
550;
impersonation
etc.
554;
stage business,
gag,
buffoonery.
light comedy,
genteel comedy,
low comedy.
theater;
playhouse,
opera house;
house;
music hall;
amphitheater,
circus,
hippodrome,
theater in the round;
puppet show,
fantoccini†;
marionettes,
Punch and Judy.
auditory,
auditorium,
front of the house,
stalls,
boxes,
pit,
gallery,
parquet;
greenroom,
coulisses [Fr.].
flat;
drop,
drop scene;
wing,
screen,
side scene;
transformation scene,
curtain,
act drop;
proscenium.
stage,
scene,
scenery,
the boards;
trap,
mezzanine floor;
flies;
floats,
footlights;
offstage;
orchestra.
theatrical costume,
theatrical properties.
movie studio,
back lot,
on location.
part,
role,
character,
dramatis personae [Lat.];
repertoire.
actor,
thespian,
player;
method actor;
stage player,
strolling player;
stager,
performer;
mime,
mimer†;
artists;
comedian,
tragedian;
tragedienne,
Roscius;
star,
movie star,
star of stage and screen,
superstar,
idol,
sex symbol;
supporting actor,
supporting cast;
ham,
hamfatter [Slang];
masker†.
pantomimist,
clown harlequin,
buffo†,
buffoon,
farceur,
grimacer,
pantaloon,
columbine;
punchinello†;
pulcinello†,
pulcinella†;
extra,
bit-player,
walk-on role,
cameo appearance;
mute,
figurante†,
general utility;
super,
supernumerary.
company;
first tragedian,
prima donna [Sp.],
protagonist;
jeune premier [Fr.];
debutant,
debutante [Fr.];
light comedian,
genteel comedian,
low comedian;
walking gentleman,
amoroso†,
heavy father,
ingenue [Fr.],
jeune veuve [Fr.].
mummer,
guiser†,
guisard†,
gysart†,
masque.
mountebank,
Jack Pudding;
tumbler,
posture master,
acrobat;
contortionist;
ballet dancer,
ballet girl;
chorus singer;
coryphee danseuse [Fr.].
property man,
costumier,
machinist;
prompter,
call boy;
manager;
director,
stage manager,
acting manager.
producer,
entrepreneur,
impresario;
backer,
investor,
angel [Fig.].
dramatic author,
dramatic writer;
play writer,
playwright;
dramatist,
mimographer†.
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Roget 865:
desire,
wish,
fancy,
fantasy;
want,
need,
exigency.
mind,
inclination,
leaning,
bent,
animus,
partiality,
penchant,
predilection;
propensity
etc.
820;
willingness
etc.
602;
liking,
love,
fondness,
relish.
longing,
hankering,
inkling;
solicitude,
anxiety;
yearning,
coveting;
aspiration,
ambition,
vaulting ambition;
eagerness,
zeal,
ardor,
empressement [Fr.],
breathless impatience,
overanxiety;
impetuosity,
etc.
825.
appetite,
appetition†,
appetence†,
appetency†;
sharp appetite,
keenness,
hunger,
stomach,
twist;
thirst,
thirstiness;
drouth,
mouthwatering;
itch,
itching;
prurience,
cacoethes [Lat.],
cupidity,
lust,
concupiscence.
edge of appetite,
edge of hunger;
torment of Tantalus;
sweet tooth,
lickerish tooth†;
itching palm;
longing eye,
wistful eye,
sheep's eye.
[excessive desire for money]
greed
etc.
817.1.
voracity
etc.
(gluttony)
957.
passion,
rage,
furore†,
mania,
manie†;
inextinguishable desire;
dipsomania,
kleptomania.
[Person who desires]
lover,
amateur,
votary,
devotee,
aspirant,
solicitant,
candidate,
applicant,
supplicant;
cormorant
etc.
957.
[Object of desire]
desideratum;
want
etc.
(requirement)
630;
a consummation devoutly to be wished;"
attraction,
magnet,
allurement,
fancy,
temptation,
seduction,
fascination,
prestige,
height of one's ambition,
idol;
whim,
whimsy,
whimsey†;
maggot;
hobby,
hobby-horse.
Fortunatus's cap;
wishing cap,
wishing stone,
wishing well.
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Roget 897:
love;
fondness
etc.
adj.;
liking;
inclination
etc.
(desire)
865;
regard,
dilection†,
admiration,
fancy.
affection,
sympathy,
fellow-feeling;
tenderness
etc.
adj.;
heart,
brotherly love;
benevolence
etc.
906;
attachment.
yearning,
eros,
tender passion,
amour;
gyneolatry†;
gallantry,
passion,
flame,
devotion,
fervor,
enthusiasm,
transport of love,
rapture,
enchantment,
infatuation,
adoration,
idolatry.
Cupid,
Venus;
myrtle;
true lover's knot;
love token,
love suit,
love affair,
love tale,
love story;
the,
old story,
plighted love;
courtship
etc.
902;
amourette†;
free love.
maternal love,
storge [Gr.],
parental love;
young love,
puppy love.
attractiveness;
popularity;
favorite
etc.
899.
lover,
suitor,
follower,
admirer,
adorer,
wooer,
amoret†,
beau,
sweetheart,
inamorato [It],
swain,
young man,
flame,
love,
truelove;
leman†,
Lothario,
gallant,
paramour,
amoroso†,
cavaliere servente [It],
captive,
cicisbeo†;
caro sposo [It].
inamorata,
ladylove,
idol,
darling,
duck,
Dulcinea,
angel,
goddess,
cara sposa [It].
betrothed,
affianced,
fiancee.
flirt,
coquette;
amorette†;
pair of turtledoves;
abode of love,
agapemone†.
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Roget 899:
favorite,
pet,
cosset,
minion,
idol,
jewel,
spoiled child,
enfant gat_e [Fr.];
led captain;
crony;
fondling;
apple of one's eye,
man after one's own heart;
persona grata.
love,
[person who is a favorite (terms of address)],
dear,
darling,
duck,
duckey,
honey,
sugar,
jewel;
mopsey†,
moppet,
princess;
sweetheart,
sweetie
etc.
(love)
897.
teacher's pet.
general favorite,
universal favorite;
idol of the people.
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Roget 991:
idolatry,
idolism†;
demonism†,
demonolatry†;
idol-worship,
demon-worship,
devil-worship,
fire-worship;
zoolatry,
fetishism,
fetichism;
ecclesiolatry†,
heliolatry,
Mariolatry,
Bibliolatry†.
deification,
apotheosis,
canonization;
hero worship.
sacrifices,
hecatomb,
holocaust;
human sacrifices,
immolation,
mactation†,
infanticide,
self-immolation,
suttee.
idol,
golden calf,
graven image,
fetich,
avatar,
Juggernath†,
lares et penates [Lat.];
Baal
etc.
986†.
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Dutch: afgod, god