daimon

noun

Definition of daimonnext
as in angel

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  1. angel
  2. genie
  3. wraith
  4. familiar
  5. spirit
  6. phantom
  7. specter
  8. jinni
Noun
  • In what room had her grandfather seen the angel warning him of June’s death?
    — Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The customer bought an angel figure, fashioned with tears on her face and arms holding her chest.
    — Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of angel
Noun
  • The generative genie is out of the bottle, and there’s no stuffing it back in.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026
  • Eugenic ideas continue, like a dangerous genie released from its container and allowed to run rampant.
    — Kenny Fries, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
Definition of genie
Noun
  • The score by Joseph Bishara is shivery with chorales that moan like wraiths in the wind.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Pilots can see bad weather lurking in the distance hours before takeoff, glowing like a wraith on their digital maps.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Definition of wraith
Noun
  • Cats make wonderful friends and, for the witchy folks among us, maybe even familiars.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The cast also includes franchise familiars Courteney Cox, Scott Foley, Mason Gooding, and Jasmin Savoy Brown.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Definition of familiar
Noun
  • There are more than 400 original contemporary artworks throughout Ibiza Gran Hotel, with many created by Mediterranean artists whose work reflects the culture and spirit of the region.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
  • The spirit of this new category is to shine a dedicated spotlight on these important artists.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2026
Definition of spirit
Noun
  • Left behind are her great-grandmother’s haunting journals detailing the story of her own phantom, and subsequently, her brutal murder.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 July 2026
  • That’s the £312 million phantom.
    — Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Definition of phantom
Noun
  • The specter of the aurora borealis appearing during totality in the skies above Iceland and Greenland during totality is getting eclipse chasers excited.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The specter of surveillance That’s not the case when the threats run in the opposite direction.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of specter
Noun
  • But as the djinn becomes embodied, the delicate balance between the real and the supernatural starts to falter.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 18 June 2026
  • In the centuries-old Cape Town Muslim community of my childhood, none of this was particularly unusual; older people spoke freely about ghosts or jinn, counseling us to take precautions of prayers, salt, incense, to limit our interaction with them.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
Definition of jinni
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