GENIE Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

genie

noun

Definition of genie

as in demon

in stories a magic spirit that looks like a person, often lives in a lamp or bottle, and serves the person who calls it He rubbed the magic lamp to summon the genie.

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Recent Examples of genie That the oddsmaking genie is already out of the bottle is no reason to be handing out uniforms to gambling addicts. — Steve Buckley, New York Times, 27 June 2026 Like genies, the sky's the limit for making your holiday wishes come true. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2026 As for the genie’s proclivity for rapping, Glaser remembers that stemming from O’Neal’s own pursuit of a hip-hop career in the 1990s. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026 Sautee has been a fairy godmother, a genie and other fairy tale characters. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for genie

Recent Examples of Synonyms for genie

Noun

Johnny then becomes bonded to a supernatural demon called the Spirit of Vengeance and is able to transform into a flaming, skeletal biker.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 July 2026
Sharing personal demons and political passions go hand in hand for 23-year-old Rodrigo.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 23 July 2026

Definition of demon

Noun

The new season will focus heavily on the original vampire, Akasha, portrayed by Sheila Atim in The Vampire Lestat.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026
Among his vulnerable confessions include a detailed recollection of his first love, Nicolas de Lenfent (Joseph Potter), who became a vampire with Lestat.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 24 July 2026

Definition of vampire

Noun

Disney made its name on the back of fairy and folktales, retelling centuries-old stories and giving them a fresh new spin for modern audiences.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
Decapitated, the fairy of Smoking with Oneself (2021–26) puffs a cigarette from the gaping red maw of her throat.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of fairy

Noun

Night of the Living Dead centers all the action at a farmhouse, where seven people attempt to ward off the ghouls — without any prior knowledge of how to do so.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
As boss-man turns into a cantering, slavering, apparently all-over treble-jointed ghoul, Young-cheol announces that his own living blood contains the only antidote.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 29 May 2026

Definition of ghoul

Noun

Daniel isn’t this devil’s only minion; Armand’s got an Illumination movie’s worth of cronies doing his bidding.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 July 2026
The scene was both serious and strange — after all, this was Vegas and a member of the Satanic temple with black devil horns affixed to the top of his head was waiting for his turn on the microphone.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of devil

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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