nymph
nymph is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Hence: A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel. Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins remembered. Shak.
- 2.(Zoöl.) The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.
- 3.(Zoöl.) Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.; -- called also naiad.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- afloat
- air
- and
- bad
- banshee
- brine
- cloud-compeller
- cotidal
- deep
- demiurge
- deva
- dolphin
- dryad
- fairy
- familiar
- fay
- folklore
- genius
- god
- goddess
- good
- great
- hamadryad
- heathen
- high
- hydrographer
- hydrographic
- hydrography
- kelpie
- main
- marine
- maritime
- mermaid
- moonshine
- motion
- mythology
- naiad
- nereid
- night
- nixie
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is nymph.
- What is hence: A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel. Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins remembered. Shak called?
- What is the pupa of an insect; a chrysalis called?
- What is any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.; -- called also naiad called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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