deity
[noun]
Synonyms: god, divinity, goddess, godhead, idol, immortal, supreme being

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English Thesaurus: god, goddess, deity, idol, atheist, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

de‧i‧ty /ˈdeɪəti, ˈdeɪɪti, ˈdiː-/ noun (plural deities) [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: deité, from Latin deus 'god']
a god or goddess:
the deities of ancient Greece

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

deity
noun
ADJ. major, supreme | lesser, minor one of the minor Greek deities
benevolent | patron a shrine to the patron deity of the city
female, male | heathen, local, pagan, Roman, etc.
VERB + DEITY worship a tribe that worshipped two main deities
PHRASES the incarnation/manifestation/representation of a deity Many animals were seen as the manifestation of a deity.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

god a male spirit or being who is believed by some religions to control the world or part of it, or who represents a particular quality:
Odin was the Viking god of war.
goddess a female god:
Artemis, the Greek goddess of the moon
deity a god. Deity is more formal than god:
a Hindu deity
Roman deities
the Supreme Deity
idol a picture or statue that people pray to as a god:
a bronze idol
atheist noun, adjective someone who believes that God does not exist:
I’m a confirmed atheist.
agnostic noun, adjective someone who believes that people cannot know whether God exists or not:
He was an agnostic rather than an atheist.

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