as in queen
a usually glamorous woman who is preeminent in her field of activity
the reigning diva of daytime television
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Recent Examples of diva
But, with a game-changing format shift, the largest crop of contestants in her-story (18 divas!), and having put Mistress Isabelle Brooks and Nicole Paige Brooks in the same room, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 10 is shaping up to follow through on the competitors' promise of a wild ride ahead.
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EW.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The book centers on a diva named Alexis and an assistant called Hayden.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
Rae twirled ethereally next to the Venezuela electronic music diva, who delivered an overal avant-garde set, also bringing out Tokischa for a duet.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2025
Einstein lives up to her name with sass and smarts, the diva of the bunch.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
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EW.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The book centers on a diva named Alexis and an assistant called Hayden.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
Rae twirled ethereally next to the Venezuela electronic music diva, who delivered an overal avant-garde set, also bringing out Tokischa for a duet.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2025
Einstein lives up to her name with sass and smarts, the diva of the bunch.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diva
Noun
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2017
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.—
Cole Kazdin,
Los Angeles Magazine,
14 July 2017
Noun
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Fulfilling the prompt, Phoenix delivers dominatrix, and kind of ignoring it, Deja gives a Disney princess mashup.—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
9 May 2025
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Among the potential culprits: elite matchmaker Margo Clarke (Retta), plastic surgeon Dr. Vanessa Holmes (Gina Gershon), tech CEO Quinn Powell (Elizabeth Lail), former mafia princess Pupetta Del Ponte (Alyssa Milano) and decluttering guru Freya Frostad (Mary-Louise Parker).—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
8 May 2025
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“Diva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diva. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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