Meanings
goddess1
noungoddess (plural goddesses)
plural goddesses
- lifestyleA 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 - figurativelyAn 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
Goddess2
proper noun
- The single goddess of various monotheistic religions.
- The single goddess of various bitheistic or duotheistic religions.
- WiccaThe Lady, the main deity in Wicca.
Synonyms & antonyms
Broader
Origin
goddess · noun
- Middle Englishgoddesse
- Englishgoddess
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.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Goddess · proper noun
From Middle English, from Old English. See God for further etymology.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans godin
- godinfemale deity
Ancient Greek θεά
- θεά (theá)female deity
Arabic إِلَاهَة, إِلٰهَة
- إِلَاهَة (ʔilāha)female deity
- إِلٰهَة (ʔilāha)female deity
- مَعْبُودَة (maʕbūda)adored or idealized woman
Bengali দেবী
- দেবী (debi)female deity
Bulgarian боги́ня
- боги́ня (bogínja)female deity
Catalan deessa, deessa
- deessafemale deity
- deessaadored or idealized woman
- Deasingle goddess of monotheism
- Deessasingle goddess of monotheism
- Deasingle goddess of ditheism
- Deessasingle goddess of ditheism
Chinese Cantonese 女神
- 女神 (neoi⁵ san⁴)female deity
Chinese Mandarin 女神, 女神
- 女神 (nǚshén)female deity
- 女神 (nǚshén)adored or idealized woman
Czech bohyně, bohyně
- bohyněfemale deity
- bohyněadored or idealized woman
- Bohyněsingle goddess of monotheism
Danish gudinde, Gudinde
- gudindefemale deity
- Gudindesingle goddess of monotheism
Dutch godin, schoonheid
- godinfemale deity
- schoonheidadored or idealized woman
- Godinsingle goddess of monotheism
Esperanto diino, Diino
- diinofemale deity
- Diinosingle goddess of monotheism
Estonian jumalanna
- jumalannafemale deity
Finnish jumalatar, jumalatar
- jumalatarfemale deity
- jumalataradored or idealized woman
French déesse, déesse
- déessefemale deity
- déesseadored or idealized woman
- Déessesingle goddess of monotheism
- Déessesingle goddess of ditheism
German Göttin, weibliche Gottheit
- Göttinfemale deity
- weibliche Gottheitfemale deity
- weiblicher Gottfemale deity
- Göttinsingle goddess of monotheism
- Gottsingle goddess of monotheism
- die Göttinsingle goddess of ditheism
Greek θεά, θεή
- θεά (theá)female deity
- θεή (theḗ)female deity
- θεά (theá)adored or idealized woman
- Θεά (Theá)single goddess of monotheism
Hawaiian akua wahine
- akua wahinefemale deity
Hebrew אֵלָה
- אֵלָה (elá)female deity
Hindi देवी
- देवी (devī)female deity
Hungarian istennő, istennő
- istennőfemale deity
- istennőadored or idealized woman
- Istennősingle goddess of monotheism
Icelandic gyðja, dís
- gyðjafemale deity
- dísfemale deity
Indonesian dewi, dewi
- dewifemale deity
- dewiadored or idealized woman
Irish bandia
- bandiafemale deity
Italian dea, diva
- deafemale deity
- divaadored or idealized woman
- deaadored or idealized woman
- Deasingle goddess of monotheism
- Deasingle goddess of ditheism
Japanese 女神, 女神
- 女神 (megami)female deity
- 女神 (joshin)female deity
- 女神single goddess of monotheism
Korean 여신, 녀신
- 여신 (yeosin)female deity
- 녀신 (nyeosin)female deity
Latin dea, dīva
- deafemale deity
- dīvafemale deity
- Deasingle goddess of monotheism
Latvian dieviete, dieve
- dievietefemale deity
- dievefemale deity
- dievieteadored or idealized woman
- dieveadored or idealized woman
- Dievietesingle goddess of monotheism
- Dievietesingle goddess of ditheism
Lithuanian deivė
- deivėfemale deity
Malay dewi
- dewifemale deity
Norwegian Bokmål gudinne
- gudinnefemale deity
Persian الٰهه, ایزدبانو
- الٰهه (elâhe)female deity
- ایزدبانو (izadbânu)female deity
Polish bogini, bogini
- boginifemale deity
- boginiadored or idealized woman
- Boginisingle goddess of monotheism
- Boginisingle goddess of ditheism
Portuguese deusa, deusa
- deusafemale deity
- deusaadored or idealized woman
- Deusasingle goddess of monotheism
Romanian zeiță, Dumnezeiță
- zeițăfemale deity
- Dumnezeițăsingle goddess of monotheism
- Dumnezeițăsingle goddess of ditheism
Russian боги́ня, боги́ня
- боги́ня (bogínja)female deity
- боги́ня (bogínja)adored or idealized woman
- боги́ня (bogínja)single goddess of monotheism
Scottish Gaelic ban-dia, ban-dia
- ban-diafemale deity
- ban-diaadored or idealized woman
Slovak bohyňa, bohyňa
- bohyňafemale deity
- bohyňaadored or idealized woman
Spanish dea, diosa
- deafemale deity
- diosafemale deity
- diosasingle goddess of monotheism
Swedish gudinna, gudinna
- gudinnafemale deity
- gudinnaadored or idealized woman
- Gudinnasingle goddess of monotheism
Tagalog bathaluman, diyosa
- bathalumanfemale deity
- diyosafemale deity
Thai เทวี
- เทวี (tee-wii)female deity
Turkish tanrıça, ilahe
- tanrıçafemale deity
- ilahefemale deity
- tanrıçaadored or idealized woman
- Tanrıçasingle goddess of monotheism
Ukrainian боги́ня
- боги́ня (bohýnja)female deity
Urdu دیوی
- دیوی (devī)female deity
Vietnamese nữ thần, thiên nữ
- nữ thầnfemale deity
- thiên nữfemale deity
Welsh duwes
- duwesfemale deity
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APA
goddess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goddess
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“goddess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goddess. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goddess,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goddess.
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