Zeus

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Zeus

  • /zjuːs/ UK
  • /zus/ Canada, US
  • /zɪu̯s/ Wales
  • /zʉs/ Northern Ireland, Scotland

Rhymes with -uːs

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús). Doublet of Dyeus and Jove.

proper noun Zeuses

  1. Greek The supreme Deity and ruler of all Hellenic gods in Hellenism, husband to Hera.
  2. A male given name.
  3. A representative given name for a dog. 67 give zeus a bath Wash off whatever your dog rolled in over the weekend. It'll freshen up your house and you'll burn about 100 calories.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: genus zeus, nike, ammon, guys, sky, chihuahua, thundering, fellas, thunderer, jupiter, jove, dias, dio, dyaus, aegiduchos, kronion

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name supreme ruler of all Greek gods

EspañolZeus
한국어제우스 Je'useu
日本語ゼウス Zeusu
中文宙斯 Zhòusī
हिन्दीज़्यूस zyūs
KiswahiliZeu
PortuguêsZeus
FrançaisZeus
DeutschZeus
ItalianoZeus
ΕλληνικάΖευς Zefs, Δίας Días
РусскийЗевс Zevs
Tiếng ViệtDớt
العربيةزَفْس zafs, زْيُوس zyūs
עבריתזֶאוּס Ze'ūs

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Zeus. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zeus

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@misc{zeus_2026,
  title = {Zeus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zeus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}