as in divine
of, relating to, or being God
the godlike splendor of creation
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Recent Examples of godlike
But being able to create in a godlike way, using the building blocks of all life– well, to put it simply, that that’s something else.
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John Werner, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
All the while, Dee Dee was godlike to her, her sole caretaker who was always hovering.
—Timothy Bella, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
Creative mode removes the hostile enemies and grants players godlike powers.
—Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2025
Her cherubic, shiny-cheeked Dorian is less the godlike 20-year-old of the novel than a barely pubescent boy.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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John Werner, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
All the while, Dee Dee was godlike to her, her sole caretaker who was always hovering.
—Timothy Bella, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
Creative mode removes the hostile enemies and grants players godlike powers.
—Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2025
Her cherubic, shiny-cheeked Dorian is less the godlike 20-year-old of the novel than a barely pubescent boy.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for godlike
Adjective
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Manufacturers want to divine where to build their next factory.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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Maybe some divine intervention can help Pederson and Marsh get off the schneid.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Finally, end the meal with a heavenly dessert of miniature Key lime pies.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2025
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Preacher Boy shows off his heavenly voice and affinity for jazz music, but his father, an actual preacher, rebukes the genre as the devil’s music, like most good Christians did back then.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
18 Apr. 2025
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As the world mourns Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, age 88—a symbolic end following the Church’s holiest calendar.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Loading your audio article Pope Francis never visited California or his holy namesake’s city by the bay, but in many ways, the heart of his message made a tremendous imprint here.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Because what matters, what makes Caravaggio so much more than an illustrator, is less the realism of the sacred image than its translation — through the bodies and faces of ordinary people — from the time of the Gospels to now.—
Jason Farago,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Across history, grief has long been honored as a sacred rite of passage.—
Devi Brown,
Time,
24 Apr. 2025
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Be a sigma men/women and ignore this worldly temporary stuff and make your Lord Happy and stay blessed here and hereafter.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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Yet any swerve away from Trump’s blessed route risks ending with House Republicans pursuing a vote-of-no-confidence against Johnson, who has so far been impressively steady at the helm of a caucus that is unwieldy at best.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Godlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/godlike. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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