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goddess

  • noun
  • god·dess
  • gŏd'ĕs

A female deity.

Other meanings

  1. An incredibly beautiful, gorgeous, sexy, attractive woman honored and adored for her beauty or of superior charm and intelligence.

  2. A woman of substantial authority or influence.

Related words

  • bitch goddess
  • demigoddess
  • domestic goddess
  • regal sea goddess
  • goddesship
  • goddesshood
  • goddessless
  • goddesslike
  • goddessling
  • moon goddess
  • solar goddess
  • sun goddess

Example sentences

  • “Do you mean the planet or the goddess?”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "goddesse".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “goddess” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.