Demon

//ˈdiː.mən//

Synonyms for "demon" (194 found)

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Closest matches (39)

Strong matches (58)

Related words (97)

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Translations

318 translations across 119 languages.

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Albanian

4 entries
  • djall noun (evil spirit)
  • djemën noun (evil spirit)
  • qipull noun (evil spirit)
  • shejtan noun (evil spirit)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ጋኔን noun (evil spirit)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • δαίμων noun (evil spirit)
  • δαίμων noun (false god, Satanic divinity)
  • δαιμόνιον noun (evil spirit)
  • δαιμόνιον noun (false god, Satanic divinity)

Arabic

2 entries
  • شيطان noun (evil spirit)
  • شَيْطَان noun (evil spirit)

Armenian

1 entries
  • դև noun (evil spirit)

Asturian

1 entries
  • demoniu noun (evil spirit)

Avestan

1 entries
  • 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 noun (evil spirit)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • cin noun (evil spirit)
  • iblis noun (evil spirit)
  • şeytan noun (evil spirit)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • иблис noun (evil spirit)
  • шайтан noun (evil spirit)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • бес noun (evil spirit)
  • дэ́ман noun (evil spirit)
  • чорт noun (evil spirit)

Bemba

1 entries
  • icibanda class 7 noun (evil spirit)

Bengali

3 entries
  • ইবলিশ noun (evil spirit)
  • দৈত্য noun (evil spirit)
  • শয়তান noun (evil spirit)

Brazilian Portuguese

2 entries
  • demônio noun (evil spirit)
  • demônio noun (false god, Satanic divinity)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • де́мон noun (evil spirit)
  • демон noun (false god, Satanic divinity)
  • дух noun (inner spirit or genius)
  • дявол noun (evil spirit)

Burmese

1 entries
  • နတ်ဆိုး noun (evil spirit)

Catalan

2 entries
  • diable noun (evil spirit)
  • dimoni noun (evil spirit)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • دێو noun (evil spirit)

Chamicuro

2 entries
  • pac̈hic̈hi noun (evil spirit)
  • sojpayi noun (evil spirit)

Chichewa

2 entries
  • chiŵanda noun (evil spirit)
  • mzímu noun (evil spirit)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 妖魔 noun (evil spirit)
  • 惡魔 /恶魔 noun (evil spirit)
  • 惡魔 /恶魔 noun (false god, Satanic divinity)
  • 惡魔 /恶魔 noun (person with great energy or skill, enthusiast)

Church Slavic

2 entries
  • бѣсъ noun (evil spirit)
  • ⰱⱑⱄⱏ noun (evil spirit)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries
  • tzitzimītl noun (evil spirit)

Czech

2 entries
  • démon noun (evil spirit)
  • čert noun (evil spirit)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • demun noun (evil spirit)

Danish

1 entries
  • dæmon noun (evil spirit)

Dutch

4 entries
  • afgod noun (false god, Satanic divinity)
  • demon noun (evil spirit)
  • demoon noun (evil spirit)
  • duivel noun (false god, Satanic divinity)

Dzongkha

2 entries
  • བདུད noun (evil spirit)
  • འདྲེ noun (evil spirit)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • demono noun (evil spirit)

Estonian

1 entries
  • deemon noun (evil spirit)

European Portuguese

2 entries
  • demónio noun (evil spirit)
  • demónio noun (false god, Satanic divinity)

Finnish

2 entries
  • daimoni noun (evil spirit)
  • demoni noun (evil spirit)

Franco-Provençal

1 entries
  • dèmon noun (evil spirit)

French

2 entries
  • diable noun (false god, Satanic divinity)
  • démon noun (evil spirit)

Galician

2 entries
  • demo noun (evil spirit)
  • demoño noun (evil spirit)

Ge'ez

1 entries
  • ጋንን noun (evil spirit)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ავი სული noun (evil spirit)
  • დემონი noun (evil spirit)
  • დემონი noun (false god, Satanic divinity)
  • ეშმაკი noun (evil spirit)

German

3 entries
  • Dämon noun (evil spirit)
  • Dämon noun (false god, Satanic divinity)
  • Teufel noun (evil spirit)

Gothic

3 entries
  • 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌰 noun (evil spirit)
  • 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍉 noun (evil spirit)
  • 𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌷𐍃𐌻 noun (evil spirit)

Greek

4 entries
  • δαίμονας noun (evil spirit)
  • δαίμονας noun (false god, Satanic divinity)
  • δαιμόνιο noun (evil spirit)
  • δαιμόνιο noun (false god, Satanic divinity)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • dyab noun (false god, Satanic divinity)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • מגיד noun (inner spirit or genius)
  • שֵׁד noun (evil spirit)
  • שֵׁד noun (person with great energy or skill, enthusiast)
  • שָׂטָן noun (false god, Satanic divinity)

Hindi

4 entries
  • असुर noun (evil spirit)
  • इबलीस noun (evil spirit)
  • इबलीस noun (false god, Satanic divinity)
  • इब्लीस noun (evil spirit)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • démon noun (evil spirit)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • dajal noun (false god, Satanic divinity)
  • iblis noun (false god, Satanic divinity)
  • setan noun (false god, Satanic divinity)
  • siluman noun (evil spirit)

Irish

1 entries
  • deamhan noun (evil spirit)

Istriot

1 entries
  • damognio noun (evil spirit)

Italian

4 entries
  • Demonio noun (false god, Satanic divinity)
  • demone noun (evil spirit)
  • demonio noun (evil spirit)
  • demonio noun (inner spirit or genius)

Japanese

4 entries
  • デーモン noun (evil spirit)
  • 妖魔 noun (evil spirit)
  • 悪霊 noun (evil spirit)
  • 悪魔 noun (evil spirit)

Jeju

2 entries
  • 악귀 noun (evil spirit)
  • 악매 noun (evil spirit)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • жын noun (evil spirit)
  • марту noun (evil spirit)
  • ібіліс noun (evil spirit)
  • әбілет noun (evil spirit)

Khmer

4 entries
  • ទេត្យ noun (evil spirit)
  • បិសាច noun (evil spirit)
  • ពីង noun (evil spirit)
  • របាល noun (evil spirit)

Korean

4 entries
  • 데몬 noun (evil spirit)
  • 악귀 noun (evil spirit)
  • 악마 noun (evil spirit)
  • 요마 noun (evil spirit)

Kyrgyz

4 entries
  • азезил noun (evil spirit)
  • демон noun (evil spirit)
  • жин noun (evil spirit)
  • ибилис noun (evil spirit)

Lao

4 entries
  • ຍັກ noun (evil spirit)
  • ບໍຣະສາດ noun (evil spirit)
  • ປີສາດຮ້າຍ noun (evil spirit)
  • ຜີ noun (evil spirit)

Latin

2 entries
  • daemon noun (evil spirit)
  • larva noun (evil spirit)

Latvian

2 entries
  • dēmons noun (evil spirit)
  • velns noun (evil spirit)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • demonas noun (evil spirit)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Dämon noun (evil spirit)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • демон noun (evil spirit)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • devoly noun (evil spirit)

Malay

3 entries
  • iblis noun (evil spirit)
  • raksasa noun (evil spirit)
  • syaitan noun (evil spirit)

Maltese

2 entries
  • mingħul noun (evil spirit)
  • xitan noun (evil spirit)

Manx

1 entries
  • jouyl noun (evil spirit)

Maore Comorian

1 entries
  • djini noun (evil spirit)

Moksha

2 entries
  • демон noun (evil spirit)
  • демон noun (false god, Satanic divinity)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • буг noun (evil spirit)
  • чөтгөр noun (evil spirit)

Māori

4 entries
  • atua kikokiko noun (evil spirit)
  • kikokiko noun (evil spirit)
  • tipua noun (evil spirit)
  • tupua noun (evil spirit)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • tzitzimitl noun (evil spirit)

Navajo

1 entries
  • chʼį́įdii noun (evil spirit)

Ngarrindjeri

1 entries
  • muldarpi noun (evil spirit)

Ngazidja Comorian

2 entries
  • djini noun (evil spirit)
  • djini noun (false god, Satanic divinity)

Norman

1 entries
  • dêmon noun (evil spirit)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • dêw noun (evil spirit)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • demon noun (evil spirit)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • demon noun (evil spirit)

Occitan

1 entries
  • demòni noun (evil spirit)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଅସୁର noun (evil spirit)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • maji-manidoo noun (evil spirit)

Old Czech

1 entries
  • dehna noun (evil spirit)

Old English

2 entries
  • dēofol noun (evil spirit)
  • dēofol noun (false god, Satanic divinity)

Old Galician-Portuguese

4 entries
  • demo noun (evil spirit)
  • demonio noun (evil spirit)
  • diablo noun (evil spirit)
  • diaboo noun (evil spirit)

Old Irish

2 entries
  • demon noun (evil spirit)
  • demun noun (evil spirit)

Old Persian

1 entries
  • 𐎭𐎡𐎺 noun (false god, Satanic divinity)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • شیطان noun (evil spirit)
  • شیطان noun (false god, Satanic divinity)

Persian

4 entries
  • ابلیس noun (evil spirit)
  • ابلیس noun (false god, Satanic divinity)
  • دیو noun (evil spirit)
  • دیو noun (false god, Satanic divinity)

Polish

4 entries
  • bies noun (evil spirit)
  • ciort noun (evil spirit)
  • czart noun (evil spirit)
  • czort noun (evil spirit)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਪਿਸ਼ਾਚ noun (evil spirit)

Quechua

1 entries
  • supay noun (evil spirit)

Romanian

4 entries
  • demon noun (evil spirit)
  • demon noun (person with great energy or skill, enthusiast)
  • drac noun (false god, Satanic divinity)
  • драк noun (false god, Satanic divinity)

Russian

4 entries
  • бес noun (evil spirit)
  • бес noun (false god, Satanic divinity)
  • де́мон noun (evil spirit)
  • де́мон noun (false god, Satanic divinity)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • असुर noun (evil spirit)
  • दैत्य noun (evil spirit)
  • राक्षस noun (evil spirit)
  • राक्षस noun (false god, Satanic divinity)

Santali

1 entries
  • ᱵᱷᱩᱛ noun (evil spirit)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • deamhan noun (evil spirit)
  • deamhan noun (false god, Satanic divinity)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • demon noun (evil spirit)
  • демон noun (evil spirit)

Slovak

2 entries
  • démon noun (evil spirit)
  • čert noun (evil spirit)

Slovene

1 entries
  • demon noun (evil spirit)

Southern Kurdish

1 entries
  • دێو noun (evil spirit)

Spanish

4 entries
  • demonche noun (evil spirit)
  • demonio noun (evil spirit)
  • demontre noun (evil spirit)
  • dianche noun (evil spirit)

Sumerian

1 entries
  • 𒀉𒉺 noun (evil spirit)

Swahili

4 entries
  • pepo noun (evil spirit)
  • pepo noun (false god, Satanic divinity)
  • pepo noun (inner spirit or genius)
  • shetani noun (person with great energy or skill, enthusiast)

Swedish

4 entries
  • baddare noun (person with great energy or skill, enthusiast)
  • demon noun (evil spirit)
  • demon noun (false god, Satanic divinity)
  • djävul noun (false god, Satanic divinity)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • demonyo noun (evil spirit)

Tajik

3 entries
  • дев noun (evil spirit)
  • иблис noun (evil spirit)
  • шайтон noun (evil spirit)

Tatar

3 entries
  • иблис noun (evil spirit)
  • шайтан noun (evil spirit)
  • җен noun (evil spirit)

Telugu

1 entries
  • రాక్షసుడు noun (person with great energy or skill, enthusiast)

Thai

4 entries
  • ปิศาจ noun (evil spirit)
  • ปีศาจร้าย noun (evil spirit)
  • ภูต noun (evil spirit)
  • ภูตผีปิศาจ noun (evil spirit)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ጋኔን noun (evil spirit)

Turkish

4 entries
  • cin noun (evil spirit)
  • demon noun (evil spirit)
  • iblis noun (evil spirit)
  • şeytan noun (evil spirit)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • iblis noun (evil spirit)
  • şeýtan noun (evil spirit)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • біс noun (evil spirit)
  • де́мон noun (evil spirit)
  • чорт noun (evil spirit)

Urdu

3 entries
  • ابلیس noun (evil spirit)
  • دیو noun (evil spirit)
  • شیطان noun (evil spirit)

Uyghur

3 entries
  • ئىبلىس noun (evil spirit)
  • جىن noun (evil spirit)
  • شەيتان noun (evil spirit)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • iblis noun (evil spirit)
  • jin noun (evil spirit)
  • shayton noun (evil spirit)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • ma quái noun (evil spirit)
  • ma quỷ noun (evil spirit)
  • quỷ noun (evil spirit)
  • yêu ma noun (evil spirit)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cythraul noun (evil spirit)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • koarthakke noun (evil spirit)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • dab noun (evil spirit)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • מזיק noun (person with great energy or skill, enthusiast)
  • נישט־גוטער noun (evil spirit)
  • קליפּה noun (evil spirit)
  • שד noun (evil spirit)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • àǹjànnú noun (evil spirit)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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Hit up on the D-pad, and the background music will change as the background itself becomes the Demon King's castle....

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The demon lord finally lost consciousness and fell to the floor with a thud.

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The demon grabbed my sister and, with howling laughter, cast her into a bottomless pit.

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There is a demon inside of me.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.