1
as in deity
the quality or state of being divine in some cultures, the ruler of the people has godhead and is worshipped accordingly

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
2
as in Divinity
capitalized the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe most Christians believe that there are three separate persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—that make up the Godhead

Synonyms & Similar Words

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of godhead Summer is usually the time of long days and longer vacations, but summer 2025 was a season where the business world’s inviolable godhead, the chief executive officer, looked less and less like a position worth exalting. Ian Chaffee, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025 After 16 years of waiting for new music from The Cure, the beloved goth rock godheads have going from zero to the end in quick succession. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2024 To write is to get yourself out of the way, as much as possible, in order to reveal Stevens’s thing itself: the moth, the herring, the peregrine, the rose garden, the godhead. Simon Critchley, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024 Because Walt was the earthly godhead of the parks, attractions close to his heart like the Disneyland Railroad and Carousel of Progress get treated within the company like historical sites and are generally left operating almost as memorials. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2024 These were Dederich’s tools of control, used to enforce his godhead status. Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2023 And then the long decline, to the accompaniment of prescription drugs, binge eating and bad advice — even as his acolytes raise him to a state of godhead, the Sun King of rock ’n’ roll. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for godhead
Noun
  • The film very loosely adapts one tale from the lore of the titular Chinese protection deity, an eccentric-looking boy warrior of mystical, demonic birth.
    Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Going further back, a sun disk hovered over the ancient Egyptian god Ra, and in Eastern religions a nimbus halo appeared over the Buddha and the Hindu deities.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • They’ve been tied to strength, divinity, and sacred energy.
    Essence, Essence, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Evoking divinity and a potential abode for the kami, or sacred spirits, the colossal site-specific work spans 797 square feet across two walls in the foyer leading to The Shinto Shrine, enshrining the sun goddess, Amaterasu Oomikami, the Japanese sun goddess and a central deity in Shinto mythology.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Godhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/godhead. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!