Tuesday word: Avatar
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Avatar (noun)
avatar [av-uh-tahr, av-uh-tahr]
noun
1. Hinduism. the descent of a deity to the earth in an incarnate form or some manifest shape; the incarnation of a god.
2. an embodiment or personification, as of a principle, attitude, or view of life: Her complete loss of confidence was particularly unsettling, because generally she is the very avatar of hope.
3. Digital Technology. a static or moving image or other graphic representation that acts as a proxy for a person or is associated with a specific digital account or identity, as on the internet: My friend always chooses warriors as his video game avatars. | Now that spring's here I've switched my Instagram avatar from a stack of books to a robin's egg.
4. Also called avatar mouse,. Also called mouse avatar. a mouse that is implanted with cells or tissue freshly extracted from a human being, as to test drug therapies for an individual patient or to study a disease process: Researchers transplanted samples of the patient’s tumor into specially bred avatars.
5. (in science fiction) a hybrid creature, composed of human and alien DNA and remotely controlled by the mind of a genetically matched human being.
Related Words
apotheosis, archetype, epitome, exemplar, expression, personification, realization, symbol
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Origin: First recorded in 1775–85; from Sanskrit avatāra “a passing down, descent,” from ava “down” + -tāra “a passing over” (akin to Latin trāns “across, beyond, through”; see also through ( def. ))
Example Sentences
The tool has a face and a name: Sky, an AI avatar that appears as a woman with short hair and a blazer in its first iteration.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
Kendi is an avatar for the battered and bruised fight for racial equality in this country.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
A brainwave interface translating these signals into computer instructions then allowed her to convey which of these movements she wanted her mixed-reality avatar to dance in real-time.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
The movie calls him the Lost Man, a bid for everyman philosophical relevance, and Ninomiya is indeed a sympathetic avatar.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Aech’s avatar was a tall, broad-shouldered Caucasian male with dark hair and brown eyes.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Avatar (noun)
avatar [av-uh-tahr, av-uh-tahr]
noun
1. Hinduism. the descent of a deity to the earth in an incarnate form or some manifest shape; the incarnation of a god.
2. an embodiment or personification, as of a principle, attitude, or view of life: Her complete loss of confidence was particularly unsettling, because generally she is the very avatar of hope.
3. Digital Technology. a static or moving image or other graphic representation that acts as a proxy for a person or is associated with a specific digital account or identity, as on the internet: My friend always chooses warriors as his video game avatars. | Now that spring's here I've switched my Instagram avatar from a stack of books to a robin's egg.
4. Also called avatar mouse,. Also called mouse avatar. a mouse that is implanted with cells or tissue freshly extracted from a human being, as to test drug therapies for an individual patient or to study a disease process: Researchers transplanted samples of the patient’s tumor into specially bred avatars.
5. (in science fiction) a hybrid creature, composed of human and alien DNA and remotely controlled by the mind of a genetically matched human being.
Related Words
apotheosis, archetype, epitome, exemplar, expression, personification, realization, symbol
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
Origin: First recorded in 1775–85; from Sanskrit avatāra “a passing down, descent,” from ava “down” + -tāra “a passing over” (akin to Latin trāns “across, beyond, through”; see also through ( def. ))
Example Sentences
The tool has a face and a name: Sky, an AI avatar that appears as a woman with short hair and a blazer in its first iteration.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
Kendi is an avatar for the battered and bruised fight for racial equality in this country.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
A brainwave interface translating these signals into computer instructions then allowed her to convey which of these movements she wanted her mixed-reality avatar to dance in real-time.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
The movie calls him the Lost Man, a bid for everyman philosophical relevance, and Ninomiya is indeed a sympathetic avatar.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Aech’s avatar was a tall, broad-shouldered Caucasian male with dark hair and brown eyes.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
