- the devil, adversary of God, and tempter of humankind: sometimes identified with Lucifer (Luke 4:5–8)
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Sa•tan /ˈseɪtən/USA pronunciation
n.
sa•tan•i•cal•ly, adv.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [proper noun; no article]
- the chief evil spirit, adversary of God and humanity;
the devil:to renounce Satan and all his works. - [countable] someone or something like Satan.
sa•tan•i•cal•ly, adv.
Sa•tan
(sāt′n),USA pronunciation n.
- the chief evil spirit;
the great adversary of humanity;
the devil.
- Hebrew śātān adversary
- Greek Satân, Satán
- Late Latin
- Middle English, Old English bef. 900
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Satan /ˈseɪtən/ n
'Satan' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
archfiend
- Beelzebub
- Belial
- cloven hoof
- cohort
- Corelli
- Great Satan
- hell
- limb
- Lucifer
- old
- Old Nick
- one
- Prince of Darkness
- satanic
- Satanism
- serpent
- Singer
- adversary
- apocatastasis
- archenemy
- Ash-Shaytān
- Black Mass
- blindcat
- cloot
- darkness
- devil
- dragon
- enemy
- evil
- fiend
- Gog and Magog
- Hornie
- limmer
- magot
- Māra
- Old Harry
- Old Scratch
- temptation
- tempter
- unsatanic
- unsatanical
- scratch
- Shaitan