Elvis Costello is a demigod of new wave music.
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Demigod
//ˈdɛmiɡɑd//
Synonyms for "demigod" (44 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (22)
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Translations
70 translations across 42 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἡμίθεος noun (a half-god or hero)
Arabic
1 entries- نِصْف إِلٰه noun (a half-god or hero)
Armenian
2 entries- դյուցազն noun (a half-god or hero)
- կիսաստված noun (a half-god or hero)
Belarusian
1 entries- паўбо́г noun (a half-god or hero)
Bulgarian
1 entries- полубо́г noun (a half-god or hero)
Catalan
4 entries- semideessa noun (a half-god or hero)
- semideessa noun (a lesser deity)
- semidéu noun (a half-god or hero)
- semidéu noun (a lesser deity)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 半神 noun (a half-god or hero)
- 半神半人 noun (a half-god or hero)
- 次神 noun (a lesser deity)
Czech
1 entries- polobůh noun (a half-god or hero)
Danish
3 entries- halvgud noun (a half-god or hero)
- halvgud noun (a half-god or hero)
- halvgud noun (a lesser deity)
Dutch
2 entries- halfgod noun (a half-god or hero)
- lagere godheid noun (a lesser deity)
Estonian
1 entries- pooljumal noun (a half-god or hero)
Finnish
2 entries- puolijumala noun (a half-god or hero)
- puolijumala noun (a lesser deity)
French
1 entries- demi-dieu noun (a half-god or hero)
Galician
1 entries- semideus noun (a half-god or hero)
German
2 entries- Halbgott noun (a half-god or hero)
- Halbgott noun (a lesser deity)
Greek
3 entries- ήρωας noun (a half-god or hero)
- ημίθεος noun (a half-god or hero)
- ημίθεος noun (a lesser deity)
Hungarian
2 entries- félisten noun (a half-god or hero)
- félisten noun (a lesser deity)
Ido
1 entries- mideo noun (a half-god or hero)
Indonesian
1 entries- setengah dewa noun (a half-god or hero)
Italian
2 entries- semidio noun (a half-god or hero)
- semidio noun (a lesser deity)
Japanese
1 entries- 半神 noun (a half-god or hero)
Kazakh
1 entries- жартылай құдай noun (a half-god or hero)
Korean
2 entries- 반신 noun (a half-god or hero)
- 반신반인 noun (a half-god or hero)
Latin
1 entries- sēmideus noun (a half-god or hero)
Macedonian
2 entries- полубог noun (a half-god or hero)
- полубожество noun (a lesser deity)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- halvgud noun (a half-god or hero)
- halvgud noun (a lesser deity)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- halvgud noun (a half-god or hero)
- halvgud noun (a lesser deity)
Persian
2 entries- نیمایزد noun (a half-god or hero)
- نیمخدا noun (a half-god or hero)
Polish
2 entries- bóstwo noun (a lesser deity)
- półbóg noun (a half-god or hero)
Portuguese
2 entries- semideus noun (a half-god or hero)
- semideus noun (a lesser deity)
Romanian
1 entries- semizeu noun (a half-god or hero)
Russian
4 entries- божество́ noun (a lesser deity)
- божо́к noun (a lesser deity)
- полубо́г noun (a half-god or hero)
- полубо́г noun (a lesser deity)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pȍlubōg noun (a half-god or hero)
- по̏лубо̄г noun (a half-god or hero)
Slovak
1 entries- poloboh noun (a half-god or hero)
Slovene
1 entries- polbog noun (a half-god or hero)
Spanish
1 entries- semidiós noun (a half-god or hero)
Swahili
2 entries- nusumungu noun (a half-god or hero)
- nusumungu noun (a lesser deity)
Swedish
1 entries- halvgud noun (a half-god or hero)
Turkish
1 entries- yarıtanrı noun (a half-god or hero)
Ukrainian
1 entries- напівбо́г noun (a half-god or hero)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bán thần noun (a half-god or hero)
- á thần noun (a half-god or hero)
Volapük
1 entries- lafagod noun (a half-god or hero)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Maradona was a demigod. With the ball, he was a god. Without the ball, he was human.
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He said he was a demigod.
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"Would you like to be a billionaire, Tom?" "An aberrant psychopath, a cunning snake, a demigod who is allowed to do everything?"
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