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as in deities
a being having superhuman powers and control over a particular part of life or the world
in some belief systems, natural forces like the wind and the sea were gods
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as in heroes
a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion
in the eyes of many film critics, Alfred Hitchcock is one of the undisputed gods of cinema
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Recent Examples of gods
Ancient Mayans later believed cenotes were sacred portals to the underworld, where gods and spirits dwelled.
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Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2026
Ancient Mayans believed cenotes were sacred portals to the underworld, where gods and spirits dwelled.
—Ryan Brennan
april 4, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
The characteristics of individual gods could be hard to pin down.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
All of their gods and prayers and dances are aimed to praying for the Earth, giving back to the Earth, praying for rain, praying for good crops.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2026
Should you be selected for that audition and please the Jeopardy gods, you'll be placed into another contestant pool, and have to wait up to 24 months to hear whether you'll be invited to compete on the show or not.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Mar. 2026
That slow-motion-in-real-time three-pointer by Ashlon Jackson that rolled around and around the rim as though the basketball gods needed just a little more time to determine UCLA’s opponent Sunday.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
Given the Necrons' presence (and the lack of Chaos factions in the roster), our money is on a C'tan, one of the Necron star gods.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 29 Mar. 2026
The basketball gods do not hand over the keys to the palace to a kid who played 12 games in high school.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2026
Ancient Mayans believed cenotes were sacred portals to the underworld, where gods and spirits dwelled.
—Ryan Brennan
april 4, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
The characteristics of individual gods could be hard to pin down.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
All of their gods and prayers and dances are aimed to praying for the Earth, giving back to the Earth, praying for rain, praying for good crops.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2026
Should you be selected for that audition and please the Jeopardy gods, you'll be placed into another contestant pool, and have to wait up to 24 months to hear whether you'll be invited to compete on the show or not.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Mar. 2026
That slow-motion-in-real-time three-pointer by Ashlon Jackson that rolled around and around the rim as though the basketball gods needed just a little more time to determine UCLA’s opponent Sunday.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
Given the Necrons' presence (and the lack of Chaos factions in the roster), our money is on a C'tan, one of the Necron star gods.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 29 Mar. 2026
The basketball gods do not hand over the keys to the palace to a kid who played 12 games in high school.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gods
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In India, astrology is closely intertwined with local deities and spiritual practice.—
Milena Lazazzera,
CNN Money,
20 Mar. 2026
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The deathbed and post-death rituals include performing devotional prayers to peaceful and wrathful deities oneself.—
Jue Liang,
The Conversation,
12 Mar. 2026
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The show saw the heroes combine their powers to fight off the mysterious mercenary cult known as The Hand.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2026
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Ladytron willed themselves into existence some 25 years ago, writing their names in the residue of icy-hot heroes like Kraftwerk, Soft Cell, and Gina X.—
Jesse Dorris,
Pitchfork,
2 Apr. 2026
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The team harbored a zany obsession over nicknaming one another for heavy-metal stars and other teen music idols.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Rock stars and their equivalents in other genres often develop their craft in obscurity before being discovered; idols are apprentices, trained exhaustively by their management companies.—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Gods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gods. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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