adj
Meaning 1
Having the characteristics of a god.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
godlike
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈɡɑdlaɪk/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒdlaɪk/
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adj
Meaning 2
Characteristic of a god.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Similar or comparable to God, the sole deity of a monotheistic religion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Broader terms: godlike
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
being or having the nature of a god-J.G.Frazier-J.G.Saxe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers
- the divine will
- the divine capacity for love
- 'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: divine
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
appropriate to or befitting a god-R.H.Roveref
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the divine strength of Achilles
- a man of godlike sagacity
- man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: divine
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵhew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵhutós? Proto-Germanic *gudą Proto-West Germanic *god Old English god Middle English god English god Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English godlike From god + -like.
From God + -like; compare godlike.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُتَأَلِه (mutaʔalih) — having characteristics of a god
- Bulgarian: божествен (božestven) — having characteristics of a god
- Bulgarian: богоподобен (bogopodoben) — having characteristics of a god
- Catalan: deïforme — having characteristics of a god
- Catalan: diví — having characteristics of a god
- Chinese: 似神 — having characteristics of a god
- Czech: božský — having characteristics of a god
- Danish: gudelig — having characteristics of a god
- Dutch: goddelijk — having characteristics of a god
- Finnish: jumalainen — having characteristics of a god
- French: divin — having characteristics of a god
- German: gottgleich — having characteristics of a god
- German: göttlich — having characteristics of a god
- Greek: θεϊκός (theïkós) — having characteristics of a god
- Ancient Greek: θεοειδής (theoeidḗs) — having characteristics of a god
- Ancient Greek: θεοείκελος (theoeíkelos) — having characteristics of a god
- Ancient Greek: ἰσόθεος (isótheos) — having characteristics of a god
- Hungarian: isteni — having characteristics of a god
- Hungarian: istenszerű — having characteristics of a god
- Hungarian: Isten-szerű — having characteristics of a god
- Lithuanian: dieviškas — having characteristics of a god
- Marathi: देवासारखा (devāsārkhā) — having characteristics of a god
- Polish: boski — having characteristics of a god
- Portuguese: divino — having characteristics of a god
- Romanian: dumnezeiesc — having characteristics of a god
- Romanian: divin — having characteristics of a god
- Russian: богоподо́бный (bogopodóbnyj) — having characteristics of a god
- Russian: боже́ственный (božéstvennyj) — having characteristics of a god
- Spanish: divino — having characteristics of a god
- Swedish: gudalik — having characteristics of a god
- Thai: เทวดา (tee-wá-daa) — having characteristics of a god
- Thai: ชั้นเซียน — having characteristics of a god
- Thai: ขั้นเทพ — having characteristics of a god
- Ukrainian: богоподі́бний (bohopodíbnyj) — having characteristics of a god
- Ukrainian: боже́ственний (božéstvennyj) — having characteristics of a god
- Vietnamese: thần thánh — having characteristics of a god