DAEMON Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

demon

noun

ˈdē-mən

variants or daemon

Definition of demon

as in ghost

an evil spirit only in rare cases is the ancient rite of exorcism performed to cast out a troublesome demon

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as in torment

a source of persistent emotional distress a man who was finally able to conquer his demons and kick his drug habit

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Recent Examples of demon If the demons find out about her power, she will be devoured. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 The most durable of Fee’s narrative models is the story of the fox-demon, which runs through the novel from beginning to end. — Garth Greenwell, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026 Merry banqueters on the rear wall appeared unaware of the demons crawling up the side wall, as though ready to burst into the chamber itself. — Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026 But instead the sisters wind up confronting assassins, demons with human familiars, and revelations about their late mother’s place within Le Clan des Sorcières. — Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for demon

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Noun

With Abi away overseas, Firman disappears, and Gadis and a motley band of ghosts help Indah look for him.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Both will star as the central con-artist ghost hunters who stumble upon a real ghost during one of their scams.

— Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of ghost

Noun

At the same party, Chris (Alison Thornton), the chief designer of Carrie’s torment, has the worst party of her life.

— Hunter Ingram, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
But what her father left out of his memoir and Duong captured in her film was the untold torment of Ba leaving his mother, Nguyen Thị Bay, or grandmother Ba Noi, and close relatives behind in their ancestral village in Vietnam.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of torment

Noun

The film follows a group of adults in an isolated Pennsylvania farmhouse, as hoards of flesh-eating ghouls overrun the country and infiltrate their residence.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Six Flags Great America has transformed once more for its 35th Fright Fest, bringing demons, ghosts, ghouls and other things that go bump in the night to the park.

— Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of ghoul

Noun

In-line fours got bigger, went a hell of a lot faster, and schooled several generations of riders in sheer terror, while simultaneously addicting them to industrial doses of adrenaline.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026
More than 1,200 people – mostly civilians – were killed in the terror attack.

— Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of terror

Noun

This represents the first time astronomers have seen a low-mass star acting as a stellar vampire, stealing material from a low-mass stellar companion.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Unlike ghosts, vampires have physical form and can interact directly with humans; like ghosts, vampires live forever, allowing for a humorous juxtaposition of characters from many points in time in one unhappy household.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of vampire

Noun

Johansson, as the PR nightmare pop diva, matches him and even gets to show off her musical chops in a couple of the songs provided by New Zealand’s Kimba.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026
But then came the nightmare of Game 3, one of the Sox’s worst performances in weeks.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of nightmare

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