GODLIKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does godlike mean? 

• GODLIKE (adjective)
  The adjective GODLIKE has 2 senses:

1. appropriate to or befitting a god

2. being or having the nature of a god

  Familiarity information: GODLIKE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GODLIKE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Appropriate to or befitting a god

Synonyms:

divine; godlike

Context example:

man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers

Similar:

superhuman (above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Being or having the nature of a god

Synonyms:

divine; godlike

Context example:

'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create

Similar:

heavenly (of or belonging to heaven or god)

 Context examples 

He appeared at one time a mere scion of the evil principle and at another as all that can be conceived of noble and godlike.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

To his mind this was power unusual, power inconceivable and beyond the natural, power that was godlike.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Then he talked harshly to the unwitting culprit, and in his voice there was nothing but godlike wrath.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

What a glorious creature must he have been in the days of his prosperity, when he is thus noble and godlike in ruin!

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

This was indeed a godlike science, and I ardently desired to become acquainted with it.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)