What does idolatrous mean?
Idolatrous means Partaking in idolatry; worshipping idols or false gods..
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/aɪˈdɒlətrəs/ · adjective
Partaking in idolatry; worshipping idols or false gods..
the priests of an idolatrous religion
Once Robert Smellie found her in a ruinous kirk on the Lang Muir, where of old the idolatrous rites of Rome were practiced.
An idolatrous veneration for antiquity.
An idolatrous image or temple.
Next morning, I sent two of my companions to make enquiry about our prospects, but they returned in the afternoon to report that things were not at all promising, as a number of shopkeepers who traded in articles used for idolatrous worship had already engaged the Towncrier to go round and announce that anyone who rented, leased, or sold premises to the "Jesus-Church" would be seized and buried alive!
Use idolatrous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Idolatrous means Partaking in idolatry; worshipping idols or false gods..
Common synonyms include loving.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
the priests of an idolatrous religion
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