|
  • Search Results
  • Advanced Search
  • List Builder
  • Random Word

demon

DEFINITIONS OF: demon

1

n an evil supernatural being

Synonyms:
daemon, daimon, devil, fiend
Types:
incubus
a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
succuba, succubus
a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men
dibbuk, dybbuk
(Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior
Type of:
evil spirit
a spirit tending to cause harm

n a cruel wicked and inhuman person

Synonyms:
devil, fiend, monster, ogre
Types:
demoniac
someone who acts as if possessed by a demon
Type of:
disagreeable person, unpleasant person
a person who is not pleasant or agreeable

n someone extremely diligent or skillful

“he worked like a demon to finish the job on time”
“she's a demon at math”
Type of:
actor, doer, worker
a person who acts and gets things done
Launch
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES