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as in queen
a usually glamorous woman who is preeminent in her field of activity
She is known as one of the goddesses of the silver screen during the silent era.
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as in beauty
an attractive woman
Like any guy in love, he thought his new girlfriend was a goddess.
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Recent Examples of goddess
Though the remaining roles have yet to be confirmed, major characters in the book include Odysseus’ wife, Penelope, and Greek legends like the goddess Athena, sorceress Circe, nymph Calypso and gods Poseidon and Zeus.
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Emily Blackwood, People.com, 2 July 2025
In 1997, the blue-eyed, red-haired goddess accented her look with gold shimmer, a headdress, and defined contour.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 11 July 2025
Or fish — quickly marinated in a light soy-garlic sauce or simply brushed with olive oil and served with an herb-y sauce (a chimichurri for example, or a green goddess).
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 26 June 2025
In a profile for Vogue’s December 2023 issue, the former news anchor confirmed that the figurehead is actually modeled after Freyja, the Norse goddess of love, fertility, war and gold.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 24 June 2025
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Emily Blackwood, People.com, 2 July 2025
In 1997, the blue-eyed, red-haired goddess accented her look with gold shimmer, a headdress, and defined contour.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 11 July 2025
Or fish — quickly marinated in a light soy-garlic sauce or simply brushed with olive oil and served with an herb-y sauce (a chimichurri for example, or a green goddess).
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 26 June 2025
In a profile for Vogue’s December 2023 issue, the former news anchor confirmed that the figurehead is actually modeled after Freyja, the Norse goddess of love, fertility, war and gold.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goddess
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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
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With Hasan in Gaza is an aching witness to the beauty of this land and the struggle of its people, neither of which may soon be recognizable at all.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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The beauty there is that since peer support is a carve-out, perhaps their AI is no longer within scope.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Lopez plays Ingrid Luna, a screen diva whom Molina idolizes.—
Daniel S. Levine,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Best known for her long-running role as the debauched, aging fashion victim Patsy Stone in the era-defining ’90s British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous, Lumley turns the diva dial to 11 as Morticia’s mortuary-mogul mother, Hester Frump.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Goddess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goddess. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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