Thesaurus results for GODS

gods

noun

plural of god

as in deities

a being having superhuman powers and control over a particular part of life or the world in some belief systems, natural forces like the wind and the sea were gods

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as in heroes

a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion in the eyes of many film critics, Alfred Hitchcock is one of the undisputed gods of cinema

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Recent Examples of gods During the reign of the Inca Empire, which spanned a large territory in western South America from the 13th to the 16th centuries, children and young women were regularly sacrificed to important gods in a ceremony known as capacocha. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026 The war between the Greek gods and the Titans is looming in the first full-length trailer for Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 3. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026 To save everyone from imminent destruction, Brahma cuts a deal that grants Ravana immunity from any attack by humans, gods, or diseases. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2026 Thelema included three principal gods — Nuit, Hadit, and Ra Hoor Khuit — who are described as being analogous to the ancient Egyptian gods Isis, Osiris, and Horus. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 The sports gods have treated us to a World Series game and Monday Night Football tonight. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026 You would have been treated like gods and lived forever in beauty. — Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026 Assembling a boy band is a way of splitting the egg myself, and repairing an injury meted out by wrathful gods in one fell swoop. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026 As ruler of the Olympian gods, Zeus occupied a central position in Greek mythology; following Rome’s conquest of Greece, he became associated with the Roman god Jupiter while continuing to be depicted according to classical sculptural conventions. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

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While many Hindus worship Rama, Sita and Hanuman as deities, Hindu nationalists have also presented Rama as a historical figure – the legendary ruler of the ancient kingdom of Ayodhya.

— Sohini Sarah Pillai, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
In Himachal Pradesh, Kullu Dussehra features processions of local deities rather than the burning of Ravana effigies.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026

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Millennials might see the Twisted Teens as spiritual heirs to endearingly insolent post-Y2K garage heroes like Black Lips, the King Khan & BBQ Show, and the Deadly Snakes.

— Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026
One of the oddest parts of public figure status is becoming friends with your childhood heroes.

— Steve Baltin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of heroes

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So notoriously gruelling are the demands on trainee idols that the Korean government has a contract template to forestall the most inhumane conditions.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026
But no deal has materialized because Fenkel and Katz have ruthlessly protected A24’s cool factor (the abstract secret sauce that’s trained younger generations to reclaim the moviegoing experience and make edgy auteurs their idols).

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026