"god" | Definition and Related Words

god

Noun

The supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe;
The object of worship in monotheistic religions (synset 109559169)
is an instance of: spiritual being, supernatural being - an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events
specific instances:
- almighty, creator, divine, god almighty, godhead, jehovah, lord, maker - terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
- jahvey, jahweh, jehovah, jhvh, wahvey, yahve, yahveh, yahwe, yahweh, yhvh, yhwh - a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH
- allah - Muslim name for the one and only God
same as: supreme being
Any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force (synset 109528550)
is a type of: spiritual being, supernatural being - an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events
subtypes:
- daemon, demigod - a person who is part mortal and part god
- sea god - a deity that personifies the sea and is usually believed to live in or to control the sea
- sun god - a god that personifies the sun or is otherwise associated with the sun
- celtic deity - a deity worshipped by the Celts
- egyptian deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians
- semitic deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites
- hindu deity - a deity worshipped by the Hindus
- persian deity - a deity worshiped by the ancient Persians
- chinese deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese
- japanese deity - a deity worshipped by the Japanese
- goddess - a female deity
- earth god, earth-god - a god of fertility and vegetation
- demiurge - a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe
- graeco-roman deity, greco-roman deity - a deity of classical mythology
- greek deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks
- roman deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans
- norse deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen
- teutonic deity - (German mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons
- anglo-saxon deity - (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons
- phrygian deity - deity of the ancient Phrygians of west central Asia Minor
- saint - a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
- god of war, war god - a god worshipped as giving victory in war
- snake god, zombi, zombie - a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies
specific instances:
- demogorgon - (Greek mythology) a mysterious and terrifying deity of the underworld
- hypnos - (Greek mythology) the Greek god of sleep; the son of Nyx
- morpheus - the Roman god of sleep and dreams
- boddhisatva, bodhisattva - Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others
- arhant, arhat, lohan - a Buddhist who has attained nirvana
- quetzalcoatl - an Aztec deity represented as a plumed serpent
belongs to: pantheon - all the gods of a religion

same as: deity, divinity, immortal
A man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people (synset 110152827)
"he was a god among men"

is a type of: higher-up, superior, superordinate - one of greater rank or station or quality
A material effigy that is worshipped (synset 103565341)
"thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god"

is a type of: effigy, image, simulacrum - a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
subtypes:
- golden calf - (Old Testament) an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites to worship; destroyed by Moses; it is now used to refer to anything worshipped undeservedly
- joss - a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol
- juggernaut - a crude idol of Krishna
same as: graven image, idol

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