as in queen
a usually glamorous woman who is preeminent in her field of activity
the reigning diva of daytime television
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Recent Examples of diva
Now, the 16-time Grammy winner is adding a doe-eyed cartoon pinup to his inimitable list of divas.
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
This is the shadow side of what can happen to a Leo diva when no one is around to play their games continuously.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Onstage, McDonald isn’t a Broadway diva, but a storyteller.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
And of the Canadian vocal diva Céline Dion, the immortal pride of the Quebeçois.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
This is the shadow side of what can happen to a Leo diva when no one is around to play their games continuously.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Onstage, McDonald isn’t a Broadway diva, but a storyteller.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
And of the Canadian vocal diva Céline Dion, the immortal pride of the Quebeçois.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diva
Noun
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2017
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.—
Cole Kazdin,
Los Angeles Magazine,
14 July 2017
Noun
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Blaze has shown interest in cooking, Disney princesses and her pup Goldie on her Instagram page, which her parents run.—
McKinley Franklin,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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Scarlet tells the story of a brave princess who transcends time and space.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Diva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diva. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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