| NOUN | person | demon, devil, fiend, daemon, daimon | an evil supernatural being |
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| person | demon, monster, fiend, devil, ogre | a cruel wicked and inhuman person | |
| person | demon | someone extremely diligent or skillful |
| Sounds | 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, daemon, 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 | |
| Adjectives | demoniac | of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon |
| Verbs | demonize | make into a demon |
| Meaning | A cruel wicked and inhuman person. | |
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| Synonyms | monster, fiend, devil, ogre | |
| Narrower | demoniac | someone who acts as if possessed by a demon |
| Broader | unpleasant person, disagreeable person | A person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
| Spanish | demonio, diablo, fiera, malvado, monstruo, ogro | |
| Catalan | diable, dimoni, fera, monstre, ogre | |
| Adjectives | demonic | extremely evil or cruel |
| Verbs | demonize | make into a demon |
| Meaning | someone extremely diligent or skillful. | |
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| Broader | actor, doer, worker | A person who acts and gets things done |
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