Phrase guide

supreme being

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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1

name

Meaning 1

God: the sole god of any monotheistic religion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We learned that their language had various names for the Supreme Being, some more ceremonial than others.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Supreme

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A god, or a similar deity, characterized by power over all things.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: overdeity

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: overdeity

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: God

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spiritual being, supernatural being

Narrower terms: Godhead, Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty, Almighty, Jehovah, Yahweh, YHWH, Yahwe, Yahveh, YHVH, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahvey, Jahweh, JHVH, Allah

History

Etymology

By proprialization from the common noun, supreme being.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Polish: Istota Najwyższa — God
  • Arabic: الْكَائِنُ الْأَسْمَى (al-kāʔinu l-ʔasmā) — deity with power over all things
  • Chinese Mandarin: 最高存在 (zuìgāo cúnzài) — deity with power over all things
  • Dutch: opperwezen — deity with power over all things
  • Finnish: kaikkivaltias — deity with power over all things
  • French: Être suprême — deity with power over all things
  • German: Höchstes Wesen — deity with power over all things
  • Indonesian: makhluk tertinggi — deity with power over all things
  • Japanese: 最高存在 (saikō sonzai) — deity with power over all things
  • Korean: 최고존재 (choegojonjae) — deity with power over all things
  • Malay: makhluk tertinggi — deity with power over all things
  • Polish: istota najwyższa — deity with power over all things
  • Russian: вы́сшее существо́ (výsšeje suščestvó) — deity with power over all things
  • Spanish: ser supremo — deity with power over all things
  • Sranan Tongo: Anana — deity with power over all things
  • Volapük: Dabinal — deity with power over all things
  • Welsh: y Bod Mawr — deity with power over all things