Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter

deity


deity

noun

Definition of DEITY

1
a being having superhuman powers and control over a particular part of life or the world <to the ancient Greeks, Zeus was the deity who ruled over the sky and weather, and Poseidon was god of the sea>
Synonyms divinity, god
Related Words angel, demigod, demon (or daemon), devil, spirit, supernatural
the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe <we prayed to the Deity for guidance>
3
the quality or state of being divine <the repudiation of the claim of deity by the Japanese emperor after the end of World War II>
Synonyms deity, godhead, godhood