plural divas or dive
ˈdē-(ˌ)vā 
1
a
music
: prima donna sense 1
b
: prima donna sense 2
… if a team asks me to play somewhere else, I'm not going to be a diva about it.—
Ettore Lattanzio
Ettore Lattanzio2
: a usually glamorous and successful female performer or personality (see personality sense 4b)
a fashion diva
especially
: a popular female singer
pop divas
The original diva and Queen Of Soul, Aretha Franklin, appears to have brought US President Barack Obama to tears (and then to his feet) with a stellar performance of (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman … —Tom Williams
Tom Williams Examples of diva in a Sentence
the reigning diva of daytime television
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But, with a game-changing format shift, the largest crop of contestants in her-story (18 divas!), and having put Mistress Isabelle Brooks and Nicole Paige Brooks in the same room, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 10 is shaping up to follow through on the competitors' promise of a wild ride ahead.
—EW.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The book centers on a diva named Alexis and an assistant called Hayden.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
Rae twirled ethereally next to the Venezuela electronic music diva, who delivered an overal avant-garde set, also bringing out Tokischa for a duet.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2025
Einstein lives up to her name with sass and smarts, the diva of the bunch.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
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EW.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The book centers on a diva named Alexis and an assistant called Hayden.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
Rae twirled ethereally next to the Venezuela electronic music diva, who delivered an overal avant-garde set, also bringing out Tokischa for a duet.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2025
Einstein lives up to her name with sass and smarts, the diva of the bunch.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for diva
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“Diva.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diva. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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