goddess
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- noun
- /ˈɡɑːdəs/
:
diosa
- In ancient cultures, the goddess of love was often depicted with symbols of beauty and desire.
- goddess of love
- Mother goddess
- gods and goddesses
Next thing you know, I'm in a goddess circle in Laurel Canyon.
- Next thing you know, I'm in a goddess circle in Laurel Canyon.
- OK, Venus, the goddess of love and beauty.
- And, you know, the God of strategy is actually a goddess is Athena.
- Your Greek God or goddess is Aphrodite.
- It's, it's a God, or I would prefer to say a goddess.
- And this is what they end up doing, destroying the goddess.
Examples
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Gula is an Assyrian "great mother" goddess, sometimes rendered with a dog's head.
Academic text (1991) -
Because I'm asking this goddess for super strength.
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Then he saw the goddess, the portrait of the goddess above a fireplace of white stone.
Fiction book (1990) -
There he had a vision of the horse goddess Rhiannon riding by.
Academic text (1999) -
This worldview inspired the dramatic rise of goddess worship in India.
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These ladies are descendants of goddess Nike and humanity's last hope of salvation.
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The temple was dedicated to a goddess who represented wisdom and fortune.
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Many people gathered to celebrate the festival honoring the goddess of fertility.
Synonyms
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A god or goddess that people worship and think has power over part of the world
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7.9
A god worshipped as controlling a part of nature
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5.4
A woman who is a god in ancient Greek stories
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7.4
A god or goddess that people worship in Hinduism
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9.9
A giant goddess from Greek myths who is a daughter of Uranus and Gaea
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8.2
A female figure in myths who fights in wars and protects people
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7.6
A female spirit who is linked to the earth and helps plants grow
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A god or goddess from ancient Greece who people worship
A female being who people believe looks after the earth, plants, and crops
A god from ancient Greece or Rome
A god or goddess worshipped in ancient Rome
A god or goddess that the ancient Norse people worship
A god or goddess worshipped in ancient Egypt
A god or goddess from Chinese myths that people worship
A god or goddess worshiped by the ancient Persians
A god or goddess worshipped by the Celts long ago
A god or goddess that Anglo-Saxon people worship
Compounds
- Literature
A female being who people believe looks after the earth, plants, and crops
- NSFW
A toilet joked about when someone vomits or a very beautiful, delicate woman
How Divine
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Goddess is made from god plus the ending -ess, which means 'female' and appears in words like actress. So a goddess is a 'female' god, a woman who is seen as a divine being and worshipped.