GODDESS Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

goddess

noun

ˈgä-dəs

Definition of goddess

as in queen

a usually glamorous woman who is preeminent in her field of activity She is known as one of the goddesses of the silver screen during the silent era.

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an attractive woman Like any guy in love, he thought his new girlfriend was a goddess.

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Recent Examples of goddess Many toilet walls bore images of Fortuna, the goddess of luck, just in case. — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026 Sometimes the most perceptive response to a goddess is not analysis. — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026 While Western climbers regard Everest as a peak to be conquered, Tenzing reveres it as a sacred mother goddess. — Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026 Not just state-of-the-art superbikes that look like Greek goddesses, but even something as rugged and exposed as the Honda Africa Twin comes for upwards of $15,000. — New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for goddess

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Noun

This fall marks the 20th anniversary of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, the cult classic, semi-anachronistic retelling of the young queen’s life of luxury and lovelessness in 18th-century France.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
Some models, like those with trundles or futon-style daybeds, can fold out to a full- or even queen-sized bed.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of queen

Noun

This hermetic secrecy is how Allure beauty director Sarah Kinonen and I recently found ourselves in the bathroom of a suite in the Aman hotel on New York’s Fifth Avenue, brushing our teeth while members of the Dyson public relations team looked on.

— Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
As the affiliate industry grows, particularly for fashion brands and beauty brands which increasingly route a growing share of sales through such links, the answer is getting harder to parse.

— Tom Matsuda, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of beauty

Noun

By the early ‘90s, country radio had moved on to a younger generation of performers, and Shania Twain was the reigning country diva.

— Chris Morris, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
The group — made up of high-strung news freelancer Billie (Lucy Freyer), chaotic diva Issa (Amita Rao), and life-of-the-party Anton (Owen Thiele) — are all at different places in love, life, and career.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026

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