Fairy synonyms

spirit

An inclination or tendency of a specified kind:

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pixy

Alternative spelling of pixie.

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sprite

(Mythology) A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition.

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elf

A small child or being, esp. a mischievous one

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enchantress

A woman of great charm or fascination.

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will-o'-the-wisp

(Idiomatic, British folklore) A strange light that attracts travellers from pathways into dangerous marshes or graveyards.

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fay

(US slang) A white person.

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Weird Sister

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good fairy

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sylph

A slim, graceful woman or girl.

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brownie

A member of the division of the Girl Scouts for girls six to eight years of age

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pixie

Air Niugini

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mermaid

An imaginary sea creature with the head and upper body of a beautiful woman and the tail of a fish

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nixie

A female water-elf.

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queen mab

(Eng. Folklore, person, proper) A fairy queen who controls people's dreams

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devil

(Theol. --- proper) The chief evil spirit, a supernatural being subordinate to, and the foe of, God, and the tempter of human beings; Satan: typically depicted as a man with horns, a tail, and cloven feet

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gnome

A legendary being, supposed to be short, usually bearded men who inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and act as guardians of mines, treasure, etc.

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gremlin

A small imaginary creature humorously blamed for the faulty operation of airplanes or the disruption of any procedure

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visitant

One who visits; a guest; a visitor.

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warlock

The male equivalent of witch.

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werewolf

A person believed to have been transformed into a wolf or to be capable of assuming the form of a wolf.

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vampire

(Folklore) One of the undead that wanders at night to suck the blood of its human victims

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imp

(Obs.) A shoot or graft

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familiar

An attendant spirit often in animal form.

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nymph

A young girl, especially one who inspires lustful feelings.

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siren

A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device.

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banshee

(Celt. Folklore) A female spirit believed to wail outside a house as a warning that a death will occur soon in the family

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ariel

A male given name, also ascribed to spirits and angels in English literature.

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daeva

(Zoroastrianism) A supernatural entity of disagreeable nature.

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kobold

A gnome in mines and other underground places

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peri

In Persian mythology, a beautiful and benevolent supernatural being or fairy, earlier regarded as malevolent.

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norn

(Norse Myth., person) Any of the three goddesses, representing the past, present, and future, who determine the destiny of gods and mortals

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barghest

A goblin in English folklore, often appearing in the shape of a large dog and believed to portend imminent death or misfortune.

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dwarf

A dwarf star or dwarf galaxy.

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pigwidgeon

(Rare) A contemptible or stupid person or creature.

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puck

(Proper) Robin Goodfellow: Puck appears as a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

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dryad

A divinity presiding over forests and trees; a wood nymph.

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hamadryad

King cobra

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maenad

(Greek mythology) A female follower of Dionysus, associated with intense reveling.

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bacchante

A priestess or female votary of Bacchus.

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naiad

A girl or woman swimmer

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genie

A supernatural creature who does one's bidding when summoned.

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oberon

A satellite of Uranus.

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titania

(Astronomy): The largest satellite of the planet Uranus.

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daemon

(Computers) A program or process that runs in the background but remains inactive until invoked.

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lamia

(Greek Mythology) A monster represented as a serpent with the head and breasts of a woman that ate children and sucked the blood from men.

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ghoul

A person who derives pleasure from loathsome acts or things

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harpy

(Gr. Myth.) Any of several hideous, filthy, rapacious winged monsters with the head and trunk of a woman and the tail, legs, and talons of a bird

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lorelei

A siren; a temptress.

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circe

(Person, proper) In Homer's Odyssey, an enchantress who turns men into swine

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demiurge

Something (as an institution, idea, or individual) conceived as an autonomous creative force or decisive power.

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poltergeist

An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.

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troll

A song whose parts are sung in succession; a catch; a round.

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leprechaun

(Ir. Folklore) A fairy in the form of a little old man who can reveal a buried crock of gold to anyone who catches him

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ouphe

1835, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay, 1899, The Culprit Fa[y], page 4,

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satyr

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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fiend

(Religious, archaic) The enemy of mankind, specifically, the Devil; Satan.

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white-lady

(Slang) Cocaine.

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fate

The power or agency supposed to determine the outcome of events before they occur; destiny