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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


SynonymsSupreme Being


Instance hypernymspiritual being, supernatural being


Instance hyponymAllah, 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


Synonymsdeity, 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 hyponymArhant, Arhat, Boddhisatva, Bodhisattva, Demogorgon, Hypnos, lohan, Morpheus, Quetzalcoatl


Member meronympantheon

3. god (person) a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people


SamplesHe was a god among men.


Broader (hypernym)higher-up, superior, superordinate

4. god (artifact) a material effigy that is worshipped


SamplesThou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
Money was his god.


Synonymsgraven image, idol


Broader (hypernym)effigy, image, simulacrum


Narrower (hyponym)golden calf, joss, Juggernaut









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