| NOUN | person | daemon, devil, fiend, demon, daimon | an evil supernatural being |
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| person | daemon, demigod | a person who is part mortal and part god |
| Sounds | dey'mahn; diy'mahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | An evil supernatural being. | |
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| Synonyms | devil, fiend, demon, daimon | |
| Narrower | dybbuk, dibbuk | (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior |
| incubus | A male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women | |
| succubus, succuba | A female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men | |
| Broader | evil spirit | A spirit tending to cause harm |
| Spanish | daimon, demonio, diablo, genio, mandinga | |
| Catalan | daimon, diable, dimoni | |
| Meaning | A person who is part mortal and part god. | |
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| Synonym | demigod | |
| Narrower | Adonis | (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone |
| Broader | deity, divinity, god, immortal | Any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force |
| Spanish | semidiós | |
| Catalan | semidéu | |
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