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DEMIGOD
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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
Sense 1
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
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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