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DEMIGOD

Dictionary entry overview: What does demigod mean?

• DEMIGOD (noun)
The noun DEMIGOD has 2 senses:

1. a person with great powers and abilities
2. a person who is part mortal and part god

Familiarity information: DEMIGOD used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DEMIGOD (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A person with great powers and abilities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

demigod; superman; Ubermensch

Hypernyms ("demigod" is a kind of...):

leader (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A person who is part mortal and part god

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

daemon; demigod

Hypernyms ("demigod" is a kind of...):

deity; divinity; god; immortal (any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "demigod"):

Adonis ((Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone)

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