Synonyms of adoring

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adjective

ə-ˈdȯr-iŋ 

1

as in loving

feeling or showing love

adoring grandparents who love to spoil their grandchildren

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loving
• affectionate
• devoted
• passionate
• warm
• fond
• caring
• doting
• compassionate
• tender
• fervent
• friendly
• kind
• tenderhearted
• impassioned
• understanding
• romantic
• ardent
• forgiving
• infatuated
• amorous
• erotic
• considerate
• lovesick
• humane
• warmhearted
• cordial
• sentimental
• amatory
• enamored
• motherly
• fatherly
• brotherly
• sappy
• sisterly
• mushy
• lovey-dovey

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifferent
• aloof
• distant
• detached
• unloving
• dry
• pitiless
• uncaring
• remote
• antisocial
• cool
• unbending
• reserved
• standoffish
• unfeeling
• frosty
• disaffected
• unconcerned
• offish
• uninvolved
• unfriendly
• cold
• hard-hearted
• frigid
• ruthless
• cold-eyed
• callous
• heartless
• soulless
• unsentimental
• unromantic
• cold-blooded
• hard-boiled

2

as in affectionate

reflecting great admiration or devotion

the adoring attention of the girls' gymnastics team when our local Olympic hero spoke to them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loving
• affectionate
• worshipful
• worshipping
• appreciative
• adulatory
• deifying
• idolizing
• reverent
• reverential
• respectful
• hagiographic
• fond
• deferential
• venerating
• approving
• glorifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hateful
• contemptuous
• scornful
• disapproving
• loathing
• condemning

adoring

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verb

present participle of adore

1

as in worshipping

to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for

an attentive, solicitous husband who clearly adores his wife

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loving
• worshipping
• cherishing
• falling for
• carrying the torch (for)
• carrying a torch (for)
• adulating
• idolizing
• idealizing
• revering
• losing one's heart (to)
• reverencing
• canonizing
• venerating
• deifying
• doting (on)
• delighting (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hating
• despising
• detesting
• loathing
• abhorring
• antagonizing
• displeasing
• disliking
• execrating
• abominating
• disapproving (of)
• repelling
• sickening
• revolting
• disgusting
• nauseating
• repulsing
• turning off
• disfavoring

2

as in liking

to love or admire too much

adores her older sister so much that she cannot see her considerable faults

Synonyms & Similar Words

• worshipping
• liking
• idolizing
• adulating
• deifying
• canonizing
• revering
• doting (on)
• hero-worshipping
• appreciating
• cherishing
• regarding
• valuing
• respecting
• preferring
• treasuring
• favoring
• venerating
• esteeming
• fancying
• prizing
• approving
• endorsing
• hallowing
• supporting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hating
• despising
• disliking
• disdaining
• detesting
• loathing
• abhorring
• disparaging
• belittling
• abominating
• deprecating
• putting down
• misprizing

3

as in venerating

to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power

the Roman soldier was beheaded for adoring the Christian god

Synonyms & Similar Words

• worshipping
• venerating
• revering
• reverencing
• admiring
• praising
• honoring
• loving
• respecting
• deifying
• glorifying
• regarding
• exalting
• extolling
• pleasing
• dignifying
• delighting
• lauding
• lionizing
• gratifying
• canonizing
• apotheosizing
• magnifying
• satisfying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• violating
• desecrating
• blaspheming
• insulting
• ridiculing
• offending
• scorning
• profaning
• dishonoring
• outraging
• disrespecting
• slighting
• displeasing
• disparaging
• affronting
• smearing
• slandering
• maligning
• defaming
• slurring
• piquing
• libeling

4

as in enjoying

to take pleasure in

I adore those earrings—wherever did you get them?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enjoying
• loving
• savoring
• liking
• relishing
• admiring
• fancying
• taking to
• rejoicing (in)
• grooving (on)
• going for
• getting off (on)
• appreciating
• delighting (in)
• reveling (in)
• digging
• revering
• getting a kick out of
• worshipping
• venerating
• having a soft spot for
• valuing
• treasuring
• cherishing
• idolizing
• being partial to
• preferring
• devouring
• eating (up)
• drinking (in)
• feasting (on)
• prizing
• doting (on)
• favoring
• indulging (in)
• luxuriating (in)
• cottoning (to)
• wallowing (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hating
• disliking
• detesting
• loathing
• abhorring
• condemning
• despising
• scorning
• abominating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of adoring

Adjective

Mom and daughter share adoring glances at an event to celebrate International Women's Day in London. — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026

The Patriots’ pass coverage without Christian Gonzalez, their atrocious inside linebacker play and roller-coaster special teams, which give any adoring fan a heart attack at a moment’s notice. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025

Verb

Despite fans of the Gap brand adoring the original Happy Stripe sweater design, many found this new iteration to be lackluster in comparison. — Elizabeth Grace Coyne, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Set in Rome, Kentucky, the first When In Rome book centers Amelia Rose, known as Rae Rose to her adoring fanbase. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 July 2026