revere, reverence, venerate, worship, adore mean to honor and admire profoundly and respectfully. revere stresses deference and tenderness of feeling.

ADORE definition: 1. to love someone very much, especially in a way that shows a lot of admiration or respect, or to…. Learn more.

Definition of adore verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

1. to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect. 2. to pay divine honor to; worship. 3. to like or admire very much: I adore your new shoes.

If you adore someone, you love and admire them. She adored her parents and would do anything to please them.

Adore definition: To worship as God or a god.

ADORE definition: to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor. See examples of adore used in a sentence.

Mar 19, 2026 · Verb adore (third-person singular simple present adores, present participle adoring, simple past and past participle adored) To worship. Synonyms: exalt, praise; see also Thesaurus: to …

She adores her son. He's a good doctor. All his patients adore him. He adores [= loves] chocolate. They adored shopping in all the boutiques.

a•dore (ə dôr′, ə dōr′), v., a•dored, a•dor•ing. v.t. to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor. to pay divine honor to; worship: to adore God. to like or admire very much: I simply adore the …