goddess
Syllables: god·dess/ˈɡɒdɛs//ˈɡɑdəs/
goddess noun: a female deity.
Noun
goddess (plural goddesses)
- A female deity.
- […] since the goddess Antu did not hold a prominent status at Uruk before the fifth century. The primary purpose of MLC 1890 was evidently to present Antu as universal goddess and all-encompassing cosmic location.2019 January 8, Christine Proust, John Steele, Scholars and Scholarship in Late Babylonian Uruk, Springer, →ISBN, page 248
- An incredibly beautiful, gorgeous, sexy, attractive woman honored and adored for her beauty or of superior charm and intelligence.
- The girls who had tormented me in high school had fallen, hard, from their pedestals. The cheerleader goddesses were Wal-Mart moms, wearing enough eyeliner and dark shadow to supply a Goth nightclub for a month.2014, Mary Castillo, Caridad Pineiro Scordato, Berta Platas, Friday Night Chicas: Sexy Stories from La Noche, page 216
- A woman of substantial authority or influence.
Proper noun capitalized: Goddess
Goddess
- The single goddess of various monotheistic religions.
- The single goddess of various bitheistic or duotheistic religions.
goddess meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
goddess in Hindi
- female deity
- देवी devī
goddess in Tamil
- Goddess, often not associated with any religion
- இறைவி iṟaivi
- goddess
- நாச்சியார் nācciyār, அம்மை ammai, பிராட்டி pirāṭṭi, ஆத்தாள் āttāḷ
- goddess, deity
- தேவி tēvi
goddess in Marathi
- female deity
- देवी devī
goddess in Urdu
- female deity
- دیوی devī
More languagesFewer languages
- goddess in Bengali
- দেবী debi
- goddess in Telugu
- దేవి dēvi, అమ్మవారు ammavāru, దేవత dēvata
- goddess in Malayalam
- ദേവി dēvi, ഭഗവതി bhagavati
- goddess in Kannada
- ದೇವಿ dēvi
- goddess in Gujarati
- દેવી devī
- goddess in Odia
- ଠାକୁରାଣୀ ṭhākurāṇi, ଦେବୀ debi
- goddess in Sanskrit
- देवी devī, ग्ना gnā́
- goddess in Nepali
- देवी, देवीको
- goddess in Pashto
- الهه elāha
- goddess in Tagalog
- bathaluman, diyosa
- goddess in Arabic
- إِلَاهَة ʔilāha, إِلٰهَة ʔilāha, مَعْبُودَة maʕbūda
- goddess in Malay
- dewi
- goddess in Indonesian
- dewi
- goddess in Persian
- الٰهه elâhe, ایزدبانو izadbânu
- goddess in Thai
- เทวี tee-wii
- goddess in Vietnamese
- nữ thần, thiên nữ
- goddess in Myanmar
- ဒေဝီ dewi
Examples of goddess in a sentence
- Dawn believes in God, but Willow believes in gods and goddesses.
- The goddess Venus was the wife of Vulcan.
- Regal sea goddesses have navy blue bodies inscribed with yellow lines and often polka dots.
Forms of goddess
| plural | goddesses |
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Origin of goddess
From Middle English goddesse, equivalent to god + -ess, formed about 1350. The figurative meaning is first found in Edmund Spenser's Shepheardes calender (1579). Displaced Old English gyden.
From Middle English, from Old English. See God for further etymology.
Words formed from goddess
- bitch goddess
- demigoddess
- domestic goddess
- goddesship
- goddesshood
- goddessless
- goddesslike
- goddessling
- goddessly
- goddess-queen
- goddess-ship
- goddessship
- goddessy
- goddex
- green goddess
- hearth goddess
- moon goddess
- mother goddess
- personal goddess
- porcelain goddess
- regal sea goddess
- sea goddess
- sex goddess
- solar goddess
- sun goddess
- supergoddess
- triple goddess
- worship the porcelain goddess
- oh my Goddess
Phrases with goddess
Questions about goddess
- What does goddess mean?
- Goddess means a female deity.
- What is goddess in Hindi?
- Goddess in Hindi is देवी (devī). See Goddess meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is goddess?
- Goddess can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce goddess?
- Goddess is pronounced /ˈɡɒdɛs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of goddess?
- The plural of goddess is goddesses.
Words near goddess in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: goddess (page history and authors); Goddess (page history and authors); அம்மை (Tamil) (page history and authors); అమ్మవారు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ദേവി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ದೇವಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); દેવી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଠାକୁରାଣୀ (Odia) (page history and authors); goddess (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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