avatars

noun

plural of avatar
as in manifestations
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality) our genial hosts, avatars of Southern hospitality

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Recent Examples of avatars On his platform, AI avatars of Lord Krishna, the sacred text's protagonist, offer advice. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 The three main sectarian deities have numerous avatars, local forms, and variations. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026 Earlier this year, CyberGuy reported on a Roblox system that analyzes combinations of text, avatars and 3D environments in real time. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The rules and conditions evolve, and the players can be represented by avatars. — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026 The story that The People’s Beauty Index tells about the industry is that diversity is foundational, hyperlocal recommendations are necessary, and Reddit users see themselves as guides, not aspirational avatars or marketers. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026 In the new trailer, the avatars have also entered the real world, but they are stuck in demo mode. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026 The reboots transitioned the story from the classic Jumanji board game to a video game, following a group of teenagers whose in-game avatars are played by Johnson, Hart, Black and Gillan. — Kennedy French, Variety, 29 July 2026 Heti has been brought here by Justin Vernon, the 45-year-old creative force behind the iconoclastic indie act Bon Iver, long-running musical avatars of beautiful melancholia. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for avatars
  1. manifestations
  2. images
  3. icons
  4. incarnations
Noun
  • Many Hindus today identify as Shaivas, Vaishnavas, or Shaktas, sectarian groups that, respectively, worship Shiva, Vishnu, or Shakti as supreme, with all other deities considered as manifestations or subordinates.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Pursued by monstrous entities and confronted by manifestations of human suffering, Dante and Virgil will eventually come face to face with the Devil himself.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of manifestations
Noun
  • The trove of women’s bloomers, drawers, knickers, brassieres, corsets, and girdles is just a small part of the school’s historic clothing collection, with images shared by the University of Wyoming Libraries via JSTOR.
    — April White, JSTOR Daily, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Her paintings, like her images, feel like moving through a fog made of glass and wood, chaos and restraint, Lilith in a Victorian steel mill.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of images
Noun
  • Consumers have been exposed to a very large number of new icons, many of which are not necessarily differentiated enough from what came before.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • If a group chat has become a swamp of half-answers and reaction icons, step in with a quick summary.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of icons
Noun
  • In previous incarnations, the project has included a luxury hotel, apartments and a Frank Gehry museum.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Heisenberg and Schrödinger had come up with two radically different incarnations of one theory.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of incarnations

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