English noun: God | |||
1. | God (person) the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions | ||
Synonyms | Supreme Being | ||
Instance hypernym | spiritual being, supernatural being | ||
Instance hyponym | Allah, Almighty, Creator, Divine, God Almighty, Godhead, Jahvey, Jahweh, Jehovah, Jehovah, JHVH, Lord, Maker, Wahvey, Yahve, Yahveh, Yahwe, Yahweh, YHVH, YHWH | ||
2. | god (person) any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force | ||
Synonyms | deity, divinity, immortal | ||
Broader (hypernym) | spiritual being, supernatural being | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Anglo-Saxon deity, Celtic deity, Chinese deity, daemon, demigod, demiurge, earth god, earth-god, Egyptian deity, god of war, goddess, Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity, Greek deity, Hindu deity, Japanese deity, Norse deity, Persian deity, Phrygian deity, Roman deity, saint, sea god, Semitic deity, snake god, sun god, Teutonic deity, war god, zombi, zombie | ||
Instance hyponym | Arhant, Arhat, Boddhisatva, Bodhisattva, Demogorgon, Hypnos, lohan, Morpheus, Quetzalcoatl | ||
Member meronym | pantheon | ||
3. | god (person) a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people | ||
Samples | He was a god among men. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | higher-up, superior, superordinate | ||
4. | god (artifact) a material effigy that is worshipped | ||
Samples | Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. Money was his god. | ||
Synonyms | graven image, idol | ||
Broader (hypernym) | effigy, image, simulacrum | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | golden calf, joss, Juggernaut | ||