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diva

noun as in prima donna

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Workers who come in direct contact with performers need an even temperament and a long fuse, always at the ready to soothe diva behavior.

From Time

When people say Jennifer Lopez is a diva in 2021, they mean that she’s an icon, a goddess.

From Vox

She had worked as a beautician since high school, first at flagship boutiques in the city and later for the disco diva Carol Douglas and on the sets of Spike Lee films.

He kept getting traded, his numbers weren’t all too flashy, he seemed like a diva … funny how winning can change all of that.

From Ozy

At this lively club, drag queen divas perform on a nightly basis.

People scream, the orchestra stops playing, and the stage manager whisks the diva into the wings.

“She not only won the biggest singing competition in the world, her song “Diva” became a trans anthem,” said Kallai.

On the fashion shoot beforehand, he was puppyish energy and charm—no diva-ishness, just fast, funny, and co-operative.

But for true diva status, you need to hurl a phone at an assistant (Naomi Campbell).

Brutally, Ms. Grande, to be a true diva you need to have lived a bit.

From a distance came the divine notes of the diva uplifted in some passionate love song.

When a diva who looks like a hippo surprises us by singing like a canary—that is something remarkable.

Her delivery of 'Casta Diva' is a transcendent effort of vocalization.

To me her scales and exercises sounded more entrancing than any diva's rendering of masterpieces, I think.

We went to the new diva, who did not await our coming, but stepped towards us, with both hands extended.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to diva, such as: famous singer, lead singer, and opera singer.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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