supreme being
supreme being noun: a god, or a similar deity, characterized by power over all things.
Noun
supreme being (plural supreme beings)
- A god, or a similar deity, characterized by power over all things.
- Near-synonym: overdeity
- And so when they led her from her dungeon, through long, dark corridors, and up a flight of concrete steps to a brilliant courtyard, she went willingly, even gladly—for was she not among the servants of God? It might be, of course, that their interpretation of the supreme being differed from her...1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 205
- Synonyms:
- overdeity
Proper noun capitalized: Supreme Being
the Supreme Being
- God: the sole god of any monotheistic religion.
- We learned that their language had various names for the Supreme Being, some more ceremonial than others.
- If they are hereafter obliged to confess, that they belong to no one particular church, I shall have the consolation of teaching them that great, that primary worship which is the foundation of all others. If they do not fear God according to the tenets of any one seminary, they shall learn to...1782, J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur, Letters from an American Farmer
- Synonyms:
- Supreme
supreme being meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Sanskrit
supreme being in Tamil
- supreme being
- சுவாமி cuvāmi
- the supreme being; God
- நம்பி nampi
supreme being in Bengali
- the Supreme Being, the God
- অকায় okaẏ
- the Supreme Being; Brahman
- অব্যয় ôbyôy
supreme being in Telugu
- the supreme Being or Lord
- పరమేశ్వరుడు paramēśvaruḍu
- the Supreme Being, the Almighty
- పరాత్పరుడు parātparuḍu
- the Supreme Being, considered as the soul of the universe
- పరమాత్ముడు paramātmuḍu
supreme being in Sanskrit
- the supreme being
- इन्द्र índra
- the supreme Being
- पर pára
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- supreme being in Arabic
- الْكَائِنُ الْأَسْمَى al-kāʔinu l-ʔasmā
- supreme being in Malay
- makhluk tertinggi
- supreme being in Indonesian
- makhluk tertinggi
Synonyms of supreme being
Forms of supreme being
| plural | supreme beings |
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Origin of supreme being
By proprialization from the common noun, supreme being.
Questions about supreme being
- What does supreme being mean?
- Supreme being means a god, or a similar deity, characterized by power over all things.
- What is supreme being in Tamil?
- Supreme being in Tamil is சுவாமி (cuvāmi), நம்பி (nampi). See Supreme being meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is supreme being?
- Supreme being can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of supreme being?
- The plural of supreme being is supreme beings.
Words near supreme being in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: supreme being (page history and authors); Supreme Being (page history and authors); சுவாமி (Tamil) (page history and authors); অকায় (Bengali) (page history and authors); పరమాత్ముడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); इन्द्र (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). 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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