god

god  (gd)

n.

1. God

a. A being conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient originator and ruler of the universe, the principal object of faith and worship in monotheistic religions.

b. The force, effect, or a manifestation or aspect of this being.

2. A being of supernatural powers or attributes, believed in and worshiped by a people, especially a male deity thought to control some part of nature or reality.

3. An image of a supernatural being; an idol.

4. One that is worshiped, idealized, or followed: Money was their god.

5. A very handsome man.

6. A powerful ruler or despot.

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[Middle English, from Old English; see gheu()- in Indo-European roots.]

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god [gɒd]

n

1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a supernatural being, who is worshipped as the controller of some part of the universe or some aspect of life in the world or is the personification of some force Related adj divine

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) an image, idol, or symbolic representation of such a deity

3. any person or thing to which excessive attention is given money was his god

4. a man who has qualities regarded as making him superior to other men

5. (Performing Arts / Theatre) (in plural) the gallery of a theatre

[Old English god; related to Old Norse goth, Old High German got, Old Irish guth voice]

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God [gɒd]

n

1. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) Theol the sole Supreme Being, eternal, spiritual, and transcendent, who is the Creator and ruler of all and is infinite in all attributes; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

play God to behave in an imperious or superior manner

interj

an oath or exclamation used to indicate surprise, annoyance, etc. (and in such expressions as My God! or God Almighty!)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	God - the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions Supreme Being
	2.	god - any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force deity, divinity, immortal pantheon - all the gods of a religion spiritual being, supernatural being - an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events daemon, demigod - a person who is part mortal and part god sea god - a deity that personifies the sea and is usually believed to live in or to control the sea sun god - a god that personifies the sun or is otherwise associated with the sun Celtic deity - a deity worshipped by the Celts Egyptian deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians Semitic deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites Hindu deity - a deity worshipped by the Hindus Persian deity - a deity worshiped by the ancient Persians Chinese deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese Japanese deity - a deity worshipped by the Japanese goddess - a female deity earth god, earth-god - a god of fertility and vegetation demiurge - a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity - a deity of classical mythology Greek deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks Roman deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans Norse deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen Teutonic deity - (German mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons Anglo-Saxon deity - (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons Phrygian deity - deity of the ancient Phrygians of west central Asia Minor saint - a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization god of war, war god - a god worshipped as giving victory in war snake god, zombi, zombie - a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies
	3.	god - a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people; "he was a god among men" higher-up, superior, superordinate - one of greater rank or station or quality
	4.	god - a material effigy that is worshipped; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god" graven image, idol effigy, simulacrum, image - a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone" golden calf - (Old Testament) an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites to worship; destroyed by Moses; it is now used to refer to anything worshipped undeservedly joss - a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol Juggernaut - a crude idol of Krishna

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god

noun deity, immortal, divinity, divine being, supreme being Zeus, king of the gods see the Fates, the Graces, the Muses

Quotations
"As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods;"
"They kill us for their sport" [William Shakespeare King Lear]
"Heaven always bears some proportion to earth. The god of the cannibal will be a cannibal, of the crusader a crusader, and of the merchants a merchant" [Ralph Waldo Emerson The Conduct of Life]
"If the triangles were to make a god, he would have three sides" [Montesquieu Lettres Persanes]

Gods and Goddesses

Aztec  Acolmiztli, Acolnahuacatl, Amimitl, Atl, Atlaua, Camaxtli, Centeotl, Centzonuitznaua, Chalchiuhtlatonal, Chalchiuhtlicue, Chalchiutotolin, Chalmecacihuilt, Chantico, Chicomecoatl, Chicomexochtli, Chiconahui, Cihuacoatl, Coatlicue, Cochimetl, Coyolxauhqui, Ehecatl, Huehueteotl, Huitzilopochtli, Huixtocihuatl, Ilamatecuhtli, Innan, Itzlacoliuhque, Itzli, Itzpapalotl, Ixtlilton, Macuilxochitl, Malinalxochi, Mayahuel, Mictlantecihuatl, Mictlantecutli, Mixcoatl, Nanauatzin, Omacatl, Omecihuatl, Ometecuhtli, Patecatl, Paynal, Quetzalcoatl, Tecciztecatl, Techalotl, Techlotl, Tepeyollotl, Teteo, Tezcatlipoca, Tlahuixcalpantecuhtli, Tlaloc, Tlaltecuhtli, Tlazolteotl, Tonacatecuhtli, Tonatiuh, Tzapotla, Tena, Tzintetol, Tzontemoc, Uixtociuatl, Xilonen, Xipe Totec, Xippilli, Xiuhcoatl, Xiuhteuctli, Xochipilli, Xochiquetzal, Xolotl, Yacatecuhtli

Egyptian  Anubis, Hathor, Horus, Isis, Maat, Osiris, Ptah, Ra or Amen-Ra, Re, Serapis, Set, Thoth

Greek  Aeolus