Daemon

/ˈdiː.mən/

Synonyms for "daemon" (66 found)

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Closest matches (14)

afflatusancestral spiritsangelattendant godlingatuacontrolcreative thoughtcreativitydaimoniondemon
Noun(4 words)
background processdaimondemigoddemon

Strong matches (19)

Noun(4 words)
devildivine beingeudemonfiend
divine afflatusevil spiritevil spiritsfairy godmotherfamiliarfamiliar spiritfire of geniusgeistgeniusgenius domusgenius locigood angelgood geniusguardianguardian angel

Related words (33)

guardian spiritguidehousehold godsinspirationintelligenceinvisible helperlares and penateslares compitaleslares familiarislares permarinilares praestiteslares vialesmanesministering angelmusenumenpenatessoulspecial providencespecter
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spiritsupernatural beingtalenttotemtutelar godtutelary
Noun(6 words)
guardian spiritmusdserviceservice programspiritsystem task
Determiner(1 words)
most background

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More general

9 entries
computer programdeitydivinityevil spiritgodimmortalsoftwarespiritsupernatural being

More specific

4 entries
fate spiritguardian spiritsystem daemonweb daemon

Collocations

6 entries
background daemondaemon processdaemon softwarelinux daemonsystem daemonunix daemon

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

2018, Carolyn Graves-Brown, Daemons and Spirits in Ancient Egypt, University of Wales Press, page 46, On some apotropaic wands the hippopotamus daemon bites or devours a person.⁸⁸ On a well-known New Kingdom papyrus, Taweret, who is named, is listed amongst evil daemons.

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That is why those of exceptionally "daemonic temperament", those who cannot early and thoroughly subdue the daemon within them, are racked by disquietude. Ever and again the daemon snatches the helm from their control and steers them (helpless as straws in the blast) into the heart of the storm, perchance to shatter them on the rocks of destiny.

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2015, Harold Bloom, The Daemon Knows, Penguin Random House (Random House), eBook edition, unnumbered page, Coleridge, deep in daemons, looked to them for his poetic power: They gave him Kubla Khan, Christabel, and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. He welcomed his daemon or genius and yet feared it.

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