Thanos

Thanos is a supervillain from Marvel Comics, a powerful alien obsessed with death and destruction who seeks to collect the Infinity Stones.

In the films, he wipes out half of all life with a snap of his fingers—making Thanos snap shorthand for eliminating something dramatically: Management Thanos-snapped the entire department.

Marvel

Infinity Gauntlet

Gem-bearing cosmic weapon

Josh Brolin · MCU · Titan · Gamora · Nebula · Eternal · Silver Surfer · Iron Man · Thor · Wakanda

power

Infinity Gauntlet

Gem-bearing cosmic weapon

cosmic power · godhood · invincibility · ascendancy · sovereignty · mastery · control · command · might · force

inevitability

fate

Predetermined course of events

  • destinyPredetermined course of events
  • doomUnavoidable grim fate
  • balanceSteadiness or amount owed

sacrifice · prophecy · certainty · inescapable · predetermined · immutable · unchangeable · fixed · ordained · necessity

destruction

annihilation

Utter, complete destruction

genocide · cataclysm · apocalypse · eradication · devastation · collapse · vanishing · dusting

villainy

tyranny

Oppressive, absolute governance

zealotry · fanaticism · oppression · despotism · malevolence · ruthlessness · mercilessness · brutality · scheming · manipulation

Categories
Opposites
heroism/villainy

ThanosIron Man

Armored tech-hero persona

Tony Stark · Captain America · The Avengers · protagonist · savior

destruction vs. preservation of life

Thanoslife-giver

Source of existence

creator · healer · Groot · preserver · nurturer

cosmic tyrant vs. benevolent cosmic entity

ThanosLife

State of being

Eternity · life-giver · creator · Gaia · nurturer

Family

euthanasia

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG