godlike

adj

1. Having the characteristics of a god.

   “Man himself had been his greatest blunder; he had created a rival to himself; science makes men godlike — it is all up with priests and gods when man becomes scientific!”

   “When a normal ensign looked at his commander, he ought to see a godlike being, not a, a... future subordinate.”

   “Godlike aliens! Man, do I hate godlike aliens! I'll trade a critter for a godlike alien, any day!”

2. Characteristic of a god.

   “And each imagin'd pinnacle and steep / Of godlike hardship tells me I must die / Like a sick Eagle looking at the sky.”

   “Beneficence is godlike, and he who does most good to his fellow-man is the Master of Masters, and has learned the Art of Arts.”

   “It took the combined skills of three great civilizations far apart in time to frame that godlike concept in which the tangible universe itself was only a single factor.”

3. Similar or comparable to God, the sole deity of a monotheistic religion.