What is another word for Alastor?

Pronunciation: [ˈalastə] (IPA)

Alastor is a Greek word that refers to a spirit of revenge or divine retribution. When looking for synonyms for this word, there are several choices available. Firstly, a similar term could be "avenger" or "vengeful spirit." Other options include "nemesis," "retributive force," "wrathful deity," and "divine punishment." Alternately, "just retribution," "cosmic justice," "karmic law," or "judgment" could also serve as suitable synonyms. Ultimately, the term used will depend on the context in which it is being employed, as well as the desired tone and connotation.

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What are the hypernyms for Alastor?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Alastor

His cow, "Queen of Scots," beat Lord Southesk's "Dora" and ten other fine cows in 1853, and "Roderick Dhu" gained the first prize the same year, while "Alastor the Second" beat "Fox Maule" at Aberdeen-the only time that animal ever was beaten.
"Cattle and Cattle-breeders"
William M'Combie
Sections 1, 2, 8, and 9 were afterwards rehandled, and the intermediate sections here and there revised and altered; and of this new text sections 1 and 2 were published by Shelley in the "Alastor" volume of 1816, under the title, "The Daemon of the World".
"The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume III"
Percy Bysshe Shelley Edited by Thomas Hutchinson, M. A.
To write of wild and whirling things in your books, but in public life to be associated with nothing more wild and whirling than a shirt-fronted eye-glassed hansom; to be at heart an Alastor, but in appearance a bank-clerk, delights an age of paradox.
"Prose Fancies"
Richard Le Gallienne

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