Definition of DEMON

demon

Plural: demons

Noun

  • An evil spirit or devil; a tormenting force.
  • an evil supernatural being
  • a cruel wicked and inhuman person
  • someone extremely diligent or skillful
    • "he worked like a demon to finish the job on time"
    • "she's a demon at math"
  • An evil supernatural spirit.
  • An evil spirit resident in or working for Hell; a devil.
  • An evil supernatural spirit.
  • A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity.
  • An evil supernatural spirit.
  • A very wicked or malevolent person; also (in weakened sense) a mischievous person, especially a child.
  • An evil supernatural spirit.
  • A source (especially personified) of great evil or wickedness; a destructive feeling or character flaw.
  • An evil supernatural spirit.
  • A person's fears or anxieties.
  • A neutral supernatural spirit.
  • A person's inner spirit or genius; a guiding or creative impulse.
  • A neutral supernatural spirit.
  • A tutelary deity or spirit intermediate between the major Olympian gods and mankind, especially a deified hero or the entity which supposedly guided Socrates, telling him what not to do.
  • A neutral supernatural spirit.
  • A spirit not considered to be inherently evil; a (non-Christian) deity or supernatural being.
  • A neutral supernatural spirit.
  • A hypothetical entity with special abilities postulated for the sake of a thought experiment in philosophy or physics.
  • Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast.
  • A type of patience or solitaire (card game) played in the UK and/or US.
  • Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Notocrypta and Udaspes.
  • Acronym of distinct electron motion particle: a quasiparticle, a type of massless neutral electron excitation associated with superconductivity.
  • Alternative spelling of daemon.

Examples

  • He’s a demon at the card tables.
  • That ’Q’ without a ’U’ tile felt like a DEMON haunting his rack.
  • The demon of stupidity haunts me whenever I open my mouth.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English demon, a borrowing from Medieval Latin dēmōn, daemōn (“lar, familiar spirit, guardian spirit”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”). Doublet of daimon.

Synonyms

daemon, daimon, devil, fiend, monster, ogre, DEMon, Pines Demon, Pines demon, Pines' Demon, Pines' demon, Pines's Demon, Pines's demon, barghest, bogeyman, boggard, bogie, bogle, cacodemon, daeva, evil genius, flibbertigibbet, genius, ghoul, goblin, god and Thesaurus:spirit, imp, kobold, nis, spook, troll, tutelary deity

Scrabble Score: 8

demon: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
demon: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
demon: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

demon: valid Words With Friends Word