- deity as a noun:
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deity
noun
1 deity
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: divinity, god, immortal.
is a specific kind of: spiritual being, supernatural being.
is a broader term that covers: daemon, demigod | sea god | sun god | Celtic deity | Egyptian deity | Semitic deity | Hindu deity | Persian deity | Chinese deity | Japanese deity | goddess | earth-god, earth god | demiurge | Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity | Greek deity | Roman deity | Norse deity | Teutonic deity | Anglo-Saxon deity | Phrygian deity | saint | god of war, war god | snake god, zombi, zombie ... show more.
instances of which are: Demogorgon | Hypnos | Morpheus | Boddhisatva, Bodhisattva | Arhant, Arhat, lohan | Quetzalcoatl.
is a member of: pantheon.
Dutch: God, god, godheid, godin
Polish: bóstwo, niebiosa, opatrzność, bożyszcze, bożek, bóg
Roget 976: Deity, Divinity; Godhead, Godship†; Omnipotence, Providence; Heaven (metonymically). [Quality of being divine] divineness†, divinity. God, Lord, Jehovah, Jahweh, Allah†; The Almighty, The Supreme Being, The First Cause, the Prime Mover; Ens Entium [Lat.]; Author of all things, Creator of all things; Author of our being; Cosmoplast†; El; The Infinite, The Eternal; The All-powerful, The All-wise, The All-merciful, The All-holy. [Attributes and perfections] infinite power, infinite wisdom, infinite goodness, infinite justice, infinite truth, infinite mercy; omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence; unity, immutability, holiness, glory, majesty, sovereignty, infinity, eternity. The Trinity, The Holy Trinity, The Trinity in Unity, The Triune God, God the Father Son and Holy Ghost. God the Father; The Maker, The Creator, The Preserver. [Functions] creation, preservation, divine government; Theocracy, Thearchy†; providence; ways of Providence, dealings of Providence, dispensations of Providence, visitations of Providence. [Christian God: second person] God the Son, Jesus, Christ; The Messiah, The Anointed, The Saviour, the Redeemer, The Mediator, The Intercessor, The Advocate, The Judge; The Son of God, The Son of Man, The Son of David; The Lamb of God, The Word; Logos; Emmanuel; Immanuel; The King of Kings and Lord of Lords, The King of Glory, The Prince of Peace, The Good Shepherd, The Way, The Truth, The Life, The Bread of Life, The Light of the World; The Lord our, The Sun of Righteousness; The Pilot of the Galilean lake" [Milton]. The Incarnation, The Hypostatic Union. [Functions] salvation, redemption, atonement, propitiation, mediation, intercession, judgment. [Christian God: third person] God the Holy Ghost, The Holy Spirit, Paraclete [Theo.]; The Comforter, The Spirit of Truth, The Dove. [Functions] inspiration, unction, regeneration, sanctification, consolation. eon, aeon, special providence, deus ex machina [Lat.]; avatar. ... show more
Moby thesaurus: Aides, Aidoneus, Amen-Ra, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollo Musagetes, Ares, Artemis, Ashtoreth, Astarte, Astraea, Athena, Atropos, Baal, Bellona, Bragi, Cailleac, Calliope, Castilian Spring, Cerberus, Ceres, Charon, Clio, Clotho, Cora, Cupid, Cynthia, Dame Fortune, Davy, Davy Jones, Decuma, Demeter, Despoina, Diana, Dike, Dionysos, Dionysus, Dis, Dis pater, Discordia, Donar, Dylan, Earth, Enyo, Erato, Erebus, Eris, Eros, Euterpe, Fata, Fates, Faunus, Flora, Fortuna, Frey, Freya, Frigg, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Hades, Heaven, Hecate, Hekate, Hel, Helicon, Helios, Hera, Hermes, Hestia, Hippocrene, Hymen, Hyperion, Indra, Isis, Juno, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Justice, Justitia, Kama, Kore, Lachesis, Loki, Love, Luna, Mars, Melpomene, Mercury, Minerva, Minos, Moirai, Morta, Muse, Nemesis, Neptune, Nereid, Nereus, Nona, Norns, Oceanid, Oceanus, Odin, Orcus, Osiris, Pan, Parcae, Parnassus, Persephassa, Persephone, Phoebe, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pierian Spring, Pierides, Pluto, Polyhymnia, Pomona, Poseidon, Priapus, Pronuba, Proserpina, Proserpine, Providence, Ra, Rhadamanthus, Satan, Savitar, Selene, Set, Shamash, Skuld, Sol, Surya, Teleia, Tellus, Terpsichore, Terra, Thalia, Themis, Thetis, Thor, Titan, Tiu, Triptolemos, Triptolemus, Triton, Tyche, Typhon, Tyr, Urdur, Varuna, Vayu, Venus, Verthandi, Vesta, Vidar, Vitharr, Weird Sisters, Weirds, Woden, Wotan, Zephyr, Zephyrus, Zeus, afflatus, artistic imagination, ball lightning, biosphere, blindfolded Justice, bolt, bolt of lightning, chain lightning, clash, clashing, commercialism, conception, conflict, contention, corn god, corn spirit, creative imagination, creative power, creative thought, creator, dark lightning, deep, demigod, demigoddess, disaccord, disaffinity, discord, discordance, discordancy, disharmony, dread rattling thunder, enmity, esemplastic imagination, esemplastic power, faun, fertility god, field spirit, fire of genius, fireball, firebolt, flying flame, forest god, forked lightning, fresh-water nymph, friction, fulguration, fulmination, genius, geography, geosphere, globe, god, goddess, hero, heroine, idol, incompatibility, incompatibleness, industrialism, inharmoniousness, inharmony, inspiration, jangle, jar, kelpie, lares and penates, levin bolt, lightning, limniad, man fish, mercantilism, mermaid, merman, mischief, mother earth, muse, mythicization, mythification, mythopoeia, naiad, nix, nixie, noncooperation, oak-cleaving thunderbolts, ocean nymph, open conflict, panisc, panisca, paniscus, peal of thunder, phoenix, poesy, poetic genius, poetic imagination, rub, satyr, sea devil, sea god, sea nymph, sea-maid, sea-maiden, seaman, shaping imagination, sheet lightning, silenus, siren, strained relations, stroke of lightning, sylvan deity, tension, terra, terrestrial globe, the Muses, the blue planet, the goat god, this pendent world, thunder, thunderball, thunderbolt, thunderclap, thundercrack, thundering, thunderpeal, thunderstorm, thunderstroke, undine, unharmoniousness, unpleasantness, vale, vale of tears, vegetation spirit, water god, water spirit, water sprite, whole wide world, world ... show more.
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