SHAITAN Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

shaitan

noun

shā-ˈtän

Definition of shaitan

as in demon

an evil spirit her fate was sealed once she let the shaitan out of the bottle

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Noun

The short, sharp argument in the MacNeil kitchen is an example of the upstairs demon pervading all bodies through hate.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
The golden deer and the Lakshmana rekha When word of Khara’s death reaches his brother Ravana, the demon king vows revenge on Rama and Lakshmana with the assistance of Maricha (a rakshasa).

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of demon

Noun

In Jennifer’s Body, Needy (Seyfried) is BFFs with the titular mean girl played by Fox, whose body becomes possessed by a succubus with a taste for teen boys after a botched sacrifice by a devil-worshipping boy band (led by Adam Brody).

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Behave yourself, buddy, or the little red devil will take you away!

— Sanat Pai Raikar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of devil

Noun

In her first sketch, Navarrette and Hernandez played the ghost of a couple of 1930s kids on the Queen Mary who keep distracting a tourist from hearing where another ghost’s treasure is hidden.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2026
All parties, that is, except for Oluko, who has emerged as a late-breaking villain and ghost in the machine.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of ghost

Noun

Throughout outer space lie stars and galaxies that resemble creepy creatures, spooky skulls and galactic ghouls.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2026
Humanoid moths and demon babies, hitchhiking ghouls, the occasional sea monster and even a suspicious phantom kangaroo or two.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of ghoul

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