godlike

adj
/ˈɡɑdlaɪk/US/ˈɡɒdlaɪk/UK

Etymology

From God + -like; compare godlike.

  1. inherited from *gudą
  2. inherited from *god
  3. inherited from god
  4. inherited from god
  5. suffixed as godlike — “god + like

Definitions

  1. Having the characteristics of a god.

    • Man himself had been his greatest blunder; he had created a rival to himself; science makes men godlike — it is all up with priests and gods when man becomes scientific!
    • When a normal ensign looked at his commander, he ought to see a godlike being, not a, a... future subordinate.
    • Godlike aliens! Man, do I hate godlike aliens! I'll trade a critter for a godlike alien, any day!
  2. Characteristic of a god.

    • And each imagin'd pinnacle and steep / Of godlike hardship tells me I must die / Like a sick Eagle looking at the sky.
    • Beneficence is godlike, and he who does most good to his fellow-man is the Master of Masters, and has learned the Art of Arts.
    • It took the combined skills of three great civilizations far apart in time to frame that godlike concept in which the tangible universe itself was only a single factor.
  3. Similar or comparable to God, the sole deity of a monotheistic religion.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA