Antonyms for avatar

Grammar : Noun

Spell : av-uh-tahr, av-uh-tahr

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæv əˌtɑr, ˌæv əˈtɑr

Definition of avatar

Origin : 1784, "descent of a Hindu deity," from Sanskrit avatarana "descent" (of a deity to the earth in incarnate form), from ava- "down" + base of tarati "(he) crosses over," from PIE root *tere- "to cross over" (see through). In computer use, it seems to trace to the novel "Snowcrash" (1992) by Neal Stephenson.

As in embodiment : noun representation, manifestation

Example sentences :

And is this genial old heretic an American avatar of the monk Bohaira?
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

He had a morbid vision of avatar after avatar being kicked from sphere to sphere.
Extract from : « The Rough Road » by William John Locke

Blood was its Avatar and its seal—the redness and the horror of blood.
Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe

One attempts in vain even to picture the avatar's attainment.
Extract from : « Autobiography of a YOGI » by Paramhansa Yogananda

But some day it will reassert itself, for it is stronger than we, alike our overlord and avatar.
Extract from : « Atlantic Classics » by Various

The Avatar we do not allow—the illustrious periodical we do.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, November 20, 1841 » by Various

And this strange spectacle had the transparency of an avatar.
Extract from : « The Man Who Laughs » by Victor Hugo

His first Avatar is of the Fish, as related in the Mahabharata.
Extract from : « Ten Great Religions » by James Freeman Clarke

In the eighth Avatar he appears as Krishna and in the ninth as Buddha.
Extract from : « Ten Great Religions » by James Freeman Clarke

The second Avatar was in a Turtle, to make the drink of immortality.
Extract from : « Ten Great Religions » by James Freeman Clarke

Synonyms for avatar

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