as in queen
a usually glamorous woman who is preeminent in her field of activity
the reigning diva of daytime television
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Recent Examples of diva
Former First Lady of France Hits a Sour Note at Cannes
There was at least one diva who didn’t enjoy herself at Cannes this year.
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Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
Melody – Esa diva United Kingdom: Remember Monday – What the Hell Just Happened?
—Tahar Rajab, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
In the business, Van den Heever’s double life as diva and crazy hyper-realistic baker has only added to her éclat.
—Air Mail, 26 Apr. 2025
Fresh off All Stars 9, this pint-sized diva from season 14 is back to gag the judges with her electrifying performances and remind the world that she was born to do drag.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
Melody – Esa diva United Kingdom: Remember Monday – What the Hell Just Happened?
—Tahar Rajab, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
In the business, Van den Heever’s double life as diva and crazy hyper-realistic baker has only added to her éclat.
—Air Mail, 26 Apr. 2025
Fresh off All Stars 9, this pint-sized diva from season 14 is back to gag the judges with her electrifying performances and remind the world that she was born to do drag.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diva
Noun
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2017
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.—
Cole Kazdin,
Los Angeles Magazine,
14 July 2017
Noun
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The princess movie’s business dropped 66% in its second weekend in theaters — losing its box office crown to Jason Statham’s $40 million crime thriller A Working Man — and business rapidly dwindled from there.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Next was dad Harry following closely behind as his little princess met a Disney Princess, before the family was photographed going up a log flume ride at Tiana's Bayou Adventure.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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“Diva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diva. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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