godlike
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7.9
- adjective
- /ˈɡɑːdˌlaɪk/
:
divino
- With his godlike strength, he effortlessly lifted the heavy boulder.
- godlike power
Examples
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Since the 19th century and the advancement of medical science, the physician has assumed a godlike role in American society.
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With their advanced military degrees and godlike skills, do they conquer and run OPEC?
Blog text (11) -
It's a very godlike thing to be able to take something and, you know, make it live.
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For once, man will have a godlike control... ...over his own destiny.
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You're looking very godlike this morning.
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I understand how peculiar it might seem to hear her abilities described in this way, but they were godlike.
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Yet in the realm of Earth... such men can amass great wealth... and almost godlike power.
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As humans begin to tinker with the genetic code, they are in effect assuming godlike powers.
Academic text (2003) -
With time, all forms of intelligent life become less passionate and violent, or more benignly godlike.
Academic text (1999) -
Only there did they conceive the true dimensions of their task: to become godlike.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
218
5.3
Relating to God or a god
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6.3
Coming from God or having a sacred quality
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6.7
Being kind, forgiving, and putting others before yourself like Jesus
Having the qualities of a god
Showing a god appearing to people or seeming like a god
Partly like a god in power or appearance
Antonyms
How Godlike
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Godlike is simply made of god and like, which together mean 'like a god'. So, calling someone godlike means they seem to have a god's power, beauty, or goodness.