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
• romantic
• understanding
• ardent
• forgiving
• infatuated
• amorous
• erotic
• considerate
• lovesick
• humane
• warmhearted
• cordial
• sentimental
• amatory
• enamored
• motherly
• erotical
• 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
• worshiping
• worshipful
• worshipping
• appreciative
• adulatory
• deifying
• idolizing
• reverent
• reverential
• respectful
• hagiographical
• hagiographic
• deferential
• glorifying
• fond
• venerating
• approving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

adoring

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verb

present participle of adore

1

as in worshiping

to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for

an attentive, solicitous husband who clearly adores his wife

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loving
• worshiping
• 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 worshipping

to love or admire too much

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

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

• worshiping
• worshipping
• venerating
• revering
• reverencing
• admiring
• praising
• honoring
• loving
• respecting
• deifying
• glorifying
• exalting
• regarding
• extolling
• dignifying
• pleasing
• 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
• libelling

4

as in enjoying

to take pleasure in

I adore those earrings—wherever did you get them?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enjoying
• loving
• liking
• relishing
• savouring
• admiring
• savoring
• worshiping
• fancying
• taking to
• revelling (in)
• rejoicing (in)
• grooving (on)
• going for
• appreciating
• getting off (on)
• delighting (in)
• reveling (in)
• digging
• revering
• getting a charge out of
• getting a kick out of
• worshipping
• venerating
• having a soft spot for
• valuing
• cherishing
• idolizing
• being partial to
• treasuring
• 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

Examples of adoring in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Leaf peeping season is in full swing, meaning fall's most adoring fans will be making their way to New England, high-altitude spots out west, and some of America's most beautiful national parks to experience the kaleidoscope of colors. —Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2023

The series itself is such an adoring affirmation of the persistent privilege of celebrity, and in particular these women, that any attempts to enrich the narrative with strife or hardship fall flat. —Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2023

During a career retrospective in France, Gustav meets an adoring Hollywood star and offers her the part intended for Nora. —Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023

The Broadway star performed last weekend at the Ice Palace nightclub for some of her most adoring fans. —Yael Goldstein-Love, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2023