DEMIGOD Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

demigod

noun

Definition of demigod

as in demon

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Recent Examples of demigod The 67-year-old actor, who rose to global fame as the sword-swinging demigod Hercules in the 1990s hit series, has increasingly leaned into politics and has never held back. — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2026 Lagaʻaia's Moana voyages past the reef of her isolated island Motunui on a quest to restore the heart of the goddess Te Fiti, stolen by Johnson's rascally demigod. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026 All through the years in between, his willful yet easy-looking dominance carried his game to new heights of public enthusiasm, the sight of a charming, unmatchable demigod inspiring millions of ordinary Americans to hit the links. — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026 All through the years in between, his willful yet easy-looking dominance carried his game to new heights of public enthusiasm, the sight of a charming, unmatchable demigod inspiring millions of ordinary Americans to hit the links. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for demigod

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Noun

Wynonna, with help from her younger sister, the town’s sheriff and an infamous Wild West gunslinger, must save her hometown from demons and other supernatural creatures.

— Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
In the film, Tanjiro, Nezuko and the Hashira are drawn into the Infinity Castle, where the Demon Slayer Corps must confront the terrifying Upper Rank demons.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

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In addition, another immortal, Jacques Cornet, has been discovered in the area, killing various people.

— Helaine Williams, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2026
In this six-part CNN docuseries, high-profile tech journalist Kara Swisher turns her attention to the booming longevity industry, led by people like the wannabe immortal Bryan Johnson.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 12 June 2026

Definition of immortal

Noun

The first one features a six-foot tall bronze cast angel whose wings enfold around a granite bench; the sculpture was intended to offer the comfort of an angel’s embrace for visitors who take a seat there.

— Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
The respected 13th-century Spanish rabbi Nachmanides (Ramban) chastises Lot for the atrocity of offering his daughters in place of the angels.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026

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Jacobs-Jenkins cannot help noting that among that generation of Bible-quoting civil rights worthies are enough sins of the father to burden a host of sons.

— Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2025
Martin Luther King, Senator J. William Fulbright, and California Gov. Pat Brown all said so and who would know better than these worthies?

— Walter E Block, Orange County Register, 13 Feb. 2025

Definition of worthy

Noun

If American music in 1976 represented a collective, inquisitive, inventive American spirit of discovery, the semiquincentennial in the age of social media has become more about the individual identity.

— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
The spirit of a '90s summer vacation is alive and well in tropics-print caftans like this fresh-off-the-runway one from SHAN's SS27 Collection.

— Katherine J Igoe, InStyle, 2 July 2026

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Three extraordinary new books, published this year, shed light on the brilliance and complexity of Morrison’s life and work, and place her as an American eminence, a visionary who saw fiction as a means through which to recast her country’s story.

— Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
For much of the past week, all that Colombia had been able to agree upon was the pre-eminence of Luis Diaz, who remained a whirling dervish throughout the match as his side’s outstanding player.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 24 June 2026

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Here in Tamil Nadu, reality was—still is—perceived to reside not in the physical world but in the relationship between that world and the transcendent realm of Siva and Vishnu, two great gods of the Tamil country.

— Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026
Andrew Raftery Two forceful exhibitions have shown how Indian artists and presses met the cultural upheaval of the nineteenth century with lithographic prints that rendered Hindu gods more approachable and helped to galvanize national identity.

— The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026

Definition of god

Noun

All over the globe, whether in distant seaports, capitals, mega-cities, villages, town squares, or central parks, prominent monuments to various individuals from history are featured.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 July 2026
Visitors can also learn about the cemetery’s historic monuments, artistic stone carvings and the preservation efforts that help protect the important cultural resource.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026

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