god

1. 1

   A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.

   • The most frequently used name for the Islamic god is Allah.
2. 2

   An idol.; A representation of a deity, especially a statue or statuette.

3. 3

   An idol.; Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed.figuratively

   • Leo Messi is my god!
4. 4

   A person in a very high position of authority, importance or influence; a powerful ruler or tyrant.figuratively

   • In 1951 Stalin was a god and the official tone towards the West was one of total antagonism.
5. 5

   A person who is exceptionally skilled in a particular activity.figurativelyinformal

   • He is the god of soccer!
6. 6

   An exceedingly handsome man.figurativelyinformal

   • Lounging on the beach were several Greek gods.
7. 7

   The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.Internet

   • The gods usually have several wizards, or "immortals," to assist them in building the MUD.
   • The wizzes are only the junior grade of the MUD illuminati. The people who attain the senior grade of MUD freemasonry by starting their own MUD, with all due hubris, are known as gods.

syn. god · godship · deity · divinity · manitou · sky daddy · sky fairy · supreme being

ant. devil · Devil · satan · Satan

1. 1

   Alternative letter-case form of God.alsoalt-ofderogatory

   • And ſuch is to beare yͤ names of god with croſſes betwene ech name about them.
   • “I say fuck it. Fuck god and fuck all the religions that praise him.”

1. 1

   To idolize.transitive

   • a. 1866, Edward Bulwer Lytton, "Death and Sisyphus". To men the first necessity is gods; / And if the gods were not, / " Man would invent them, tho' they godded stones.
2. 2

   To deify.transitive

   • Then got he bow and shafts of gold and lead, / In which so fell and puissant he grew, / That Jove himselfe his powre began to dread, / And, taking up to heaven, him godded new.
   • The superman marks the end of a road on which we find such figures as the "godded man" of English Reformation mystics