god

1. 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
2. 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
3. is a type of: higher-up, superior, superordinate - one of greater rank or station or quality
4. 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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