Phrase Hound found 45 phrases and 32 compound words that contain gods. The most common are listed below. Open gods in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 45
- thank the godsAlternative form of thank gods: Used to express gratitude or relief.
- food for the godsA Filipino pastry dessert similar to the American dessert bar, of uncertain origin.
- gift from the godsSomething very pleasant, beneficial or useful, often received unexpectedly and without being deserved.
- oh my godsSaid during shock or surprise.
- Twilight of the GodsRagnarok.
- oh godsAlternative form of oh my gods: Said during shock or surprise.
- door godsplural of door god: A divine guardian of doors and gates in Chinese folk religions.
- Greek godsplural of Greek god: A man who is extremely handsome and well-built.
- household godsplural of household god: A minor tutelary deity watching over a household, usually conceived as a protective ancestral spirit or genius loci.
- personal godsplural of personal god: A deity who can be related to or thought of as a person, through an anthropomorphized persona, rather than an impersonal, and faceless, force of nature.
- river godsplural of river god: The tutelary deity of a river.
- sun godsplural of sun god: A personification of the sun worshipped as a god.
- tin godsplural of tin god: A false god, particularly a petty tyrant, a person who abuses or exceeds their authority over others in petty ways.
- war godsplural of war god: A deity associated with war, combat, and martial prowess in various mythologies and cultures.
- thunder godsplural of thunder god: A god associated with thunder.
- in the lap of the godsUp to chance; Outside of one's ability to control or affect the result.
- gifts from the godsplural of gift from the gods: Something very pleasant, beneficial or useful, often received unexpectedly and without being deserved.
- demi-godsplural of demi-god: A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
- momentary godsplural of momentary god: A specific phenomenon, such as a lightning bolt, interpreted and experienced as a deity.
- thank godsUsed to express gratitude or relief.
- gods bless youShort for may the gods bless you.
- honest to godsApproximate synonym or polytheistic equivalent of honest to God.
- gods willingUsed to express hope that gods are willing (to grant one's desires).
- culture godsplural of culture god: A god that is believed to have brought culture (arts, literature, technology, etc.) to a people.
- ex-godsplural of ex-god: One who was formerly a god or revered as such.
Compound words 32
- GodspeedUsed, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of a person's actions be positive for them; typically said to someone who is about to start a journey or a daring endeavour.
- GodstoneA village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ3551).
- demigodsplural of demigod: A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
- GodshallA surname.
- GodselfNon-gendered form of God himself.
- godsdamnedSynonym of goddamned (in fictional worlds having more than one god)
- antigodsplural of antigod: A preternatural being opposed to the gods.
- godsakeAlternative form of Godsakes: God's sakes (used only in the oath for Godsakes; see for God's sake).
- godsawfulAlternative form of godawful: Extremely awful, unpleasant or dreadful.
- GodsellA surname from Old English.