Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Superhuman Beings and Regions

Deity

Nouns
  • Deity, Divinity
  • Godhead, Godship
  • Omnipotence, Providence
  • Heaven (metonymically). [Quality of being divine] divineness, divinity. God, Lord, Jehovah, Jahweh, Allah
  • The Almighty, The Supreme Being, The First Cause, the Prime Mover
  • Author of all things, Creator of all things
  • Author of our being
  • Cosmoplast
  • El
  • The Infinite, The Eternal
  • The All-powerful, The All-wise, The All-merciful, The All-holy. [Attributes and perfections] infinite power, infinite wisdom, infinite goodness, infinite justice, infinite truth, infinite mercy
  • omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence
  • unity, immutability, holiness, glory, majesty, sovereignty, infinity, eternity. The Trinity, The Holy Trinity, The Trinity in Unity, The Triune God, God the Father Son and Holy Ghost. God the Father
  • The Maker, The Creator, The Preserver. [Functions] creation, preservation, divine government
  • Theocracy, Thearchy
  • providence
  • ways of Providence, dealings of Providence, dispensations of Providence, visitations of Providence. [Christian God: second person] God the Son, Jesus, Christ
  • The Messiah, The Anointed, The Saviour, the Redeemer, The Mediator, The Intercessor, The Advocate, The Judge
  • The Son of God, The Son of Man, The Son of David
  • The Lamb of God, The Word
  • Logos
  • Emmanuel
  • Immanuel
  • The King of Kings and Lord of Lords, The King of Glory, The Prince of Peace, The Good Shepherd, The Way, The Truth, The Life, The Bread of Life, The Light of the World
  • The Lord our, The Sun of Righteousness
  • The Pilot of the Galilean lake" [Milton]. The Incarnation, The Hypostatic Union. [Functions] salvation, redemption, atonement, propitiation, mediation, intercession, judgment. [Christian God: third person] God the Holy Ghost, The Holy Spirit, Paraclete [Theo.]
  • The Comforter, The Spirit of Truth, The Dove. [Functions] inspiration, unction, regeneration, sanctification, consolation. eon, aeon, special providence
  • avatar.
Verbs
  • create, move, uphold, preserve, govern etc.
  • atone, redeem, save, propitiate, mediate, c.
  • predestinate, elect, call, ordain, bless, justify, sanctify, glorify etc..
Adjectives
  • almighty, holy, hallowed, sacred, divine, heavenly, celestial, by divine right.
  • sacrosanct
  • all-knowing, all-seeing, all-wise
  • omniscient. superhuman, supernatural
  • ghostly, spiritual, hyperphysical, unearthly
  • theistic, theocratic
  • anointed
  • soterial.
Phrases
  • He mounts the storm and walks upon the wind" [Pope]
  • Thou great First Cause, least understood" [Pope]

Angel (Beneficent spirits)

Nouns
  • angel, archangel
  • guardian angel
  • heavenly host, host of heaven, sons of God
  • seraph, seraphim
  • cherub, cherubim. ministering spirit, morning star. saint, patron saint, Madonna
  • invisible helpers.
Adjectives
  • angelic, seraphic, cherubic
  • saintly.

Satan (Maleficent spirits)

Nouns
  • Satan, the Devil, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Ahriman, Belial
  • Samael, Zamiel, Beelzebub, the Prince of the Devils. the tempter
  • the evil one, the evil spirit
  • the Adversary
  • the archenemy
  • the author of evil, the wicked one, the old Serpent
  • the Prince of darkness, the Prince of this world, the Prince of the power of the air
  • the foul fiend, the arch fiend
  • the devil incarnate
  • the common enemy, the angel of the bottomless pit
  • Abaddon, Apollyon. fallen angels, unclean spirits, devils
  • the rulers, the powers of darkness
  • inhabitants of Pandemonium
  • demon etc. Demon. diabolism
  • devilism, devilship
  • diabolology
  • satanism, devil worship
  • manicheism
  • the cloven foot.
Adjectives
  • satanic, diabolic, devilish
  • infernal, hellborn.

Jupiter

Nouns
  • god, goddess
  • heathen gods and goddesses
  • deva
  • Jupiter, Jove etc.
  • pantheon. Allah, Bathala, Brahm, Brahma, Brahma, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread, the Great Spirit, Ushas
  • water nymph, wood nymph
  • Yama, Varuna, Zeus
  • Vishnu [Hindu deities], Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath, Buddha
  • Isis [Egyptian deities], Osiris, Ra
  • Belus, Bel, Baal, Asteroth etc.
  • Thor [Norse deities], Odin
  • Mumbo Jumbo
  • good genius, tutelary genius
  • demiurge, familiar
  • sibyl
  • fairy, fay
  • sylph, sylphid
  • Ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, Ormuzd
  • Oberon, Mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, Ondine, nixie, sprite
  • denizens of the air
  • pixy etc. (bad spirit) Demon. mythology
  • heathen-mythology, fairy-mythology
  • Lempriere, folklore.
Adjectives
  • god-like, fairy-like
  • sylph-like
  • sylphic.
Phrases
  • you moonshine revelers and shades of night" [Merry Wives].

Demon

Nouns
  • demon, daemon, demonry, demonology
  • evil genius, fiend, familiar, daeva, devil
  • bad spirit, unclean spirit
  • cacodemon, incubus, Eblis, shaitan, succubus, succuba
  • Frankenstein's monster
  • Titan, Shedim, Mephistopheles, Asmodeus, Moloch, Belial, Ahriman
  • fury, harpy
  • Friar Rush. vampire, ghoul
  • afreet, barghest, Loki
  • ogre, ogress
  • gnome, gin, jinn, imp, deev, lamia
  • bogie, bogeyman, bogle
  • nis, kobold, flibbertigibbet, fairy, brownie, pixy, elf, dwarf, urchin
  • Puck, Robin Goodfellow
  • leprechaun, Cluricaune, troll, dwerger, sprite, ouphe, bad fairy, nix, nixie, pigwidgeon, will-o'-the wisp. [Supernatural appearance] ghost, revenant, specter, apparition, spirit, shade, shadow, vision
  • hobglobin, goblin, orc
  • wraith, spook, boggart, banshee, lemures
  • evil eye. merman, mermaid, merfolk
  • siren
  • satyr, faun
  • manito, manitou, manitu. possession, demonic possession, diabolic possession
  • insanity etc. Insanity. [in jest, in science] Maxwell's demon. [person possessed by a demon] demoniac.
Adjectives
  • demonic, demonical, impish, demoniacal
  • fiendish, fiend-like
  • supernatural, weird, uncanny, unearthly, spectral
  • ghostly, ghost-like
  • elfin, elvin, elfish, elflike
  • haunted
  • pokerish [U.S.]. possessed, possessed by a devil, possessed by a demon.
Adverbs
  • demonically.

Heaven

Nouns
  • heaven
  • kingdom of heaven, kingdom of God
  • heavenly kingdom
  • throne of God
  • presence of God
  • inheritance of the saints in light. Paradise, Eden, Zion, abode of the blessed
  • celestial bliss, glory. [Mythological heaven] Olympus
  • Elysium (paradise), Elysian fields, Arcadia, bowers of bliss, garden of the Hesperides, third heaven
  • Valhalla, Walhalla (Scandinavian)
  • Nirvana (Buddhist)
  • happy hunting grounds
  • Alfardaws, Assama
  • Falak al aflak [Ar.] the highest heaven" (Mohammedan). future state, eternal home, eternal reward. resurrection, translation
  • resuscitation etc. Restoration. apotheosis, deification.
Adjectives
  • heavenly, celestial, supernal, unearthly, from on high, paradisiacal, beatific, elysian.
Phrases
  • looks through nature up to the nature's god" [Pope]
  • the great world's altarstairs, that slope through the great world's altarstairs
  • the treasury of everlasting joy" [Henry VI]

Hell

Nouns
  • hell, bottomless pit, place of torment
  • habitation of fallen angels
  • Pandemonium, Abaddon, Domdaniel
  • jahannan, sheol. hell fire
  • everlasting fire, everlasting torment, eternal damnation
  • lake of fire and brimstone
  • fire that is never quenched
  • worm that never dies. purgatory, limbo, gehenna, abyss. [Mythological hell] Tartarus, Hades, Styx, Stygian creek, pit of Acheron, Cocytus
  • infernal regions, inferno, shades below, realms of Pluto. Pluto, Rhadamanthus
  • Tophet.
Adjectives
  • hellish, infernal, stygian.
Phrases
  • the hue of dungeons and the scowl of night" [Love's Labor's Lost].