Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun moloch

3 senses of moloch

Sense 1
Moloch -- (a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice; "the great Moloch of war"; "duty has become the Moloch of modern life"- Norman Douglas)
       => power, force -- (one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority; "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil")

Sense 2
Moloch, Molech -- (god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children)
       INSTANCE OF=> Semitic deity -- (a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites)

Sense 3
moloch -- (any lizard of the genus Moloch)
       => agamid, agamid lizard -- (a lizard of the family Agamidae)