Dictionary Definition
godlike adj
1 appropriate to or befitting a god; "the divine
strength of Achilles"; "a man of godlike sagacity"; "man must play
God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref [syn:
divine]
2 being or having the nature of a god; "the
custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of
his...powers"-J.G.Frazier; "the divine will"; "the divine capacity
for love"; "'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe
[syn: divine]
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Adjective
- Having the characteristics of a god.
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Christlike, Christly, God-fearing, angelic, august, beatific, blessed, blissful, celestial, distinguished, divine, ecstatic, elevated, eminent, empyrean, ethereal, exalted, famous, glorious, godly, godly-minded, good, heavenly, heroic, high, holy, holy-minded, incarnate, incarnated, intercessional, intercessive, lauded, lofty, made flesh, magnanimous, magnificent, majestic, mediative, mediatory, noble, otherworldly, prominent, propitiative, propitiatory, pure, pure in heart, purehearted, rapturous, redemptive, renowned, righteous, sacred, sainted, saintlike, saintly, salvational, self-existent,
seraphic, soaring, spiritual, spiritual-minded,
sublime, superb, superhuman, supernatural, towering, transcendent, unearthly, unworldly