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SUPERNATURAL BEING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events
Synonyms:
spiritual being; supernatural being
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("supernatural being" is a kind of...):
belief (any cognitive content held as true)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "supernatural being"):
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)
aeon; eon ((Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe)
angel (spiritual being attendant upon God)
faerie; faery; fairy; fay; sprite (a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers)
disembodied spirit; spirit (any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings)
trickster (a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts)
Instance hyponyms:
God; Supreme Being (the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions)
Beelzebub; Devil; Lucifer; Old Nick; Prince of Darkness; Satan; the Tempter ((Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell)
Holonyms ("supernatural being" is a member of...):
occult; supernatural (supernatural forces and events and beings collectively)
