Divine meaning

What does “divine” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“divine” is a noun, verb and adjective with 10 meanings. Its most common meaning is: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God.

divine

noun

  1. terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

  2. a clergyman or other person in religious orders

verb

  1. perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers

  2. search by divining, as if with a rod

    “He claimed he could divine underground water”

adjective

  1. emanating from God

    “divine judgment”

    “divine guidance”

    Synonymsgodly
  2. resulting from divine providence

    “providential care”

    “a providential visitation”

    Synonymsprovidential
  3. being or having the nature of a god

    “the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers”

    “the divine will”

    Synonymsgodlike
  4. devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity

    “divine worship”

    “divine liturgy”

  5. appropriate to or befitting a god

    “the divine strength of Achilles”

    “a man of godlike sagacity”

    Synonymsgodlike
  6. being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods

    “her pies were simply divine”

    “the divine Shakespeare”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University