DEMIGODS Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

demigods

noun

plural of demigod

as in spirits

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Noun

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider whether Congress had the constitutional authority to impose a ban on distilling spirits in private homes more than 150 years ago.

— Michael Kunzelman, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
Jonah himself is remaining positive while keeping his spirits up thanks to the love, support and encouragement of his family, friends and all those doctors and nurses who care so much for him.

— Patrick Snell, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of spirits

Noun

Kathleen Kennedy, who served as the president of Lucasfilm from 2012 to 2026, helped organize a group of industry dignitaries to put together a framework for how Hollywood should talk about it.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
By the late 1800s, the resort was a favorite destination for US Presidents (23 presidents have visited the property), foreign dignitaries and global business leaders.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of dignitaries

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In Whalefall, Abrams screams and thrashes with the same vulnerability, and a few more inner demons.

— Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026
No ghosts, ghouls, or demons here, just the evil things that greed makes people do, at least until the little guy starts fighting back.

— Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of demons

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Aiming to protect what’s left of its buildings and monuments is a converted Volkswagen Crafter—the ARK III, a mobile 3D-scanning lab that creates digital twins of sacred and historical structures for future restoration.

— Chris Stokel-Walker, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Back in 2020, then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot had three monuments to Columbus taken down amid massive social justice protests.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of monuments

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The woman understood from her hasty reading that perhaps all miracles could be attributed to saints and angels if they were experienced by a believer.

— Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
Every nightfall is different — different seasonal colors, angels, weather, celestial glows, grasses and shadows.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of angels

Noun

These speakers join previously announced eminences from Amazon, Calm, Contextual AI, CoreWeave, Databricks, DataSnipper, Exelon, Glean, Google, Intuit, Rivian, and Serve Robotics.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
It was started by Goodall, Desmond Tutu, and other eminences.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025

Definition of eminences

Noun

The soccer schedule gods had a sense of humor making Manchester City’s return to the Champions League after a devastating verdict of financial rule-breaking a game against Paris Saint-Germain.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Replicants are also looking for their identity as the dominant species, and if God made humans in his image as humans did for Replicants — well, some Replicants might want to find out how to become gods.

— Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of gods

Noun

While many Hindus worship Rama, Sita and Hanuman as deities, Hindu nationalists have also presented Rama as a historical figure – the legendary ruler of the ancient kingdom of Ayodhya.

— Sohini Sarah Pillai, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
In Himachal Pradesh, Kullu Dussehra features processions of local deities rather than the burning of Ravana effigies.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026

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