divinity

1. 1.

   any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force

   Synonymsdeitygodimmortal

   Broaderspiritual being

   NarrowerDemogorgonHypnosMorpheusdaemonsea godsun godCeltic deityEgyptian deitySemitic deityHindu deity

   Part ofpantheon
2. 2.

   the quality of being divine

   “ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs”

   Broaderquality
3. 3.

   white creamy fudge made with egg whites

   Synonymsdivinity fudge

   Broaderfudge
4. 4.

   the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth

   Synonymstheology

   Broaderdiscipline

   Narrowerangelologyapologeticsecclesiologyeschatologyhermeneuticshomileticsliturgicstheodicy

Other forms of divinity

plural

divinities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about divinity

What does divinity mean?

divinity means "any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in divinity?

divinity has 4 syllables: di-vin-i-ty. The stress falls on "vin". In IPA it is /dɪˈvɪnəti/.

What is another word for divinity?

Close synonyms include deity, god, immortal, divinity fudge, theology. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is divinity a common word?

divinity is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.