[n] a material effigy that is worshipped as a god; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god"
[n] any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
[n] the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
[n] a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people; "he was a god among men"
Synonyms
deity, divinity, graven image, idol, immortal, Supreme Being
See Also...
Allah, Almighty, Anglo-Saxon deity, Arhant, Arhat, Boddhisatva, Bodhisattva, Celtic deity, Chinese deity, Creator, daemon, demigod, demiurge, Demogorgon, Divine, earth-god, effigy, Egyptian deity, Fates, God Almighty, god of war, goddess, Godhead, golden calf, Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity, Greek deity, higher-up, Hindu deity, Hypnos, image, Jahvey, Jahweh, Japanese deity, Jehovah, JHVH, joss, Juggernaut, lohan, Lord, Maker, Morpheus, Norse deity, pantheon, Persian deity, Phrygian deity, Quetzalcoatl, Roman deity, saint, sea-god, Semitic deity, simulacrum, snake god, spiritual being, sun-god, superior, supernatural being, superordinate, Teutonic deity, the Fates, Wahvey, war god, Yahve, Yahveh, Yahwe, Yahweh, YHVH, YHWH, zombi, zombie
Related Terms
afflatus, Aides, Aidoneus, Amen-Ra, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollo Musagetes, Ares, Artemis, artistic imagination, Ashtoreth, Astarte, Astraea, Athena, Atropos, Baal, ball lightning, Bellona, biosphere, blindfolded Justice, bolt, bolt of lightning, Bragi