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 cultural demons a 34-year-old playwright was conjuring a century ago rise up as dark reflections for our own.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Merry banqueters on the rear wall appeared unaware of the demons crawling up the side wall, as though ready to burst into the chamber itself.

— Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of demon

Noun

Dostoyevsky’s sniveling devil comes closest to portraying the man chiefly responsible for organizing the Final Solution.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
In January, Watts was a guest on actor Rainn Wilson’s podcast, where Watts played devil’s advocate to Wilson’s skeptic about casual use of mind-altering substances.

— Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of devil

Noun

As life moves on, ghosts remain The suit against Fox filed by Zakrzewski's widow, Michelle Ross-Stanton, is still winding its way through the British legal system.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026
Swift appears as the ghost of Farrell’s former wife, warning Johnson about her husband and revealing the dark truth behind his past.

— Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of ghost

Noun

Six Flags Great America has transformed once more for its 35th Fright Fest, bringing demons, ghosts, ghouls and other things that go bump in the night to the park.

— Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
At once not quite real and all too real, Cohn has the uncanny presence of a ghoul or a fiend.

— Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of ghoul

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