SHAITAN Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

shaitan

noun

shā-ˈtän

Definition of shaitan

as in demon

an evil spirit her fate was sealed once she let the shaitan out of the bottle

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Noun

Rest assured, the only demons in Phony appear to be figurative.

— Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
One American season later, the race demons raged and all of those commitments are dropped.

— Kamau Bobb October 21, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of demon

Noun

In Jennifer’s Body, Needy (Seyfried) is BFFs with the titular mean girl played by Fox, whose body becomes possessed by a succubus with a taste for teen boys after a botched sacrifice by a devil-worshipping boy band (led by Adam Brody).

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Behave yourself, buddy, or the little red devil will take you away!

— Sanat Pai Raikar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of devil

Noun

Spirit Airlines' ghost planes The problems with young retirements predate Spirit's collapse.

— Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
In 2026, the gemlike Brooklyn venue lent Kushner’s project a magical quality, turning the audience into ghosts from the future, eavesdropping on the fall of the Weimar Republic but unable to intervene.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of ghost

Noun

This year a ghoul towers over the entrance, welcoming visitors — or perhaps warning them to stay away.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
At its strongest, Crossing the Red Line paints an important portrait of the ghouls who prosecuted the genocide in Gaza, offering an historically crucial record of their conduct and their failures.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of ghoul

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