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daemon

[dee-muhn] / ˈdi mən /
NOUN
ghost
Synonyms
STRONGEST
demon devil phantom shadow soul specter vampire vision
STRONG
apparition appearance banshee haunt kelpie manes phantasm poltergeist revenant shade spook visitor wraith zombie
WEAK
eidolon ethereal being incorporeal being
Antonyms
WEAK
living being
NOUN
god
Synonyms
STRONG
Allah Father Jehovah Lord Yahweh deity divinity idol master numen power providence spirit the Almighty the Creator the Maker
WEAK
Absolute Being Holy Spirit Jah King of Kings demigod divine being infinite spirit omnipotent prime mover tutelary universal life force world spirit
Antonyms
STRONGEST
Satan devil
STRONG
demon
NOUN
phantasma
Synonyms
STRONG
apparition appearance banshee bogey bogeyman demon devil haunt kelpie manes phantasm phantom poltergeist revenant shade shadow soul specter spirit spook vampire vision visitant visitor wraith zombie
WEAK
bogle eidolon ethereal being incorporeal being
Antonyms
STRONG
angel being brightness god light reality
NOUN
visitant
Synonyms
STRONG
apparition appearance banshee bogey bogeyman demon devil haunt kelpie manes phantasm phantasma phantom poltergeist revenant shade shadow soul specter spirit spook vampire vision visitor wraith zombie
WEAK
bogle eidolon ethereal being incorporeal being
Antonyms
STRONG
angel being brightness god light reality

Example Sentences

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Whether sinful passions or unconscious destructive urges, distracting attachments or visceral impulses, desire is the daemon that makes us act, often against our own interests and those of others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Lyra lives in a universe parallel to our own, where people have a daemon - a companion spirit in animal form.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

Lyra is no longer a child but a troubled young adult who finds herself estranged from her daemon Pantalaimon — effectively at war with herself.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2019

I am often asked, by children I meet at school visits or book festivals, what would be my daemon?

From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2019

She longed to touch that fur, to rub her cheeks against it, but of course she never did; for it was the grossest breach of etiquette imaginable to touch another person’s daemon.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman