Fairy synonyms
fâr'ē
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An inclination or tendency of a specified kind:
good fairy
Air Niugini
(Mythology) A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition.
A small child or being, esp. a mischievous one
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A member of the division of the Girl Scouts for girls six to eight years of age
queen mab
(Eng. Folklore, person, proper) A fairy queen who controls people's dreams
Weird Sister
A slim, graceful woman or girl.
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.
A woman of great charm or fascination.
daeva
(Zoroastrianism) A supernatural entity of disagreeable nature.
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(Celt. Folklore) A female spirit believed to wail outside a house as a warning that a death will occur soon in the family
A male given name, also ascribed to spirits and angels in English literature.
(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
A small imaginary creature humorously blamed for the faulty operation of airplanes or the disruption of any procedure
A girl or woman swimmer
(Obs.) A shoot or graft
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(Computers) A program or process that runs in the background but remains inactive until invoked.
circe
(Person, proper) In Homer's Odyssey, an enchantress who turns men into swine
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An imaginary sea creature with the head and upper body of a beautiful woman and the tail of a fish
pigwidgeon
(Rare) A contemptible or stupid person or creature.
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kobold
A gnome in mines and other underground places
In Persian mythology, a beautiful and benevolent supernatural being or fairy, earlier regarded as malevolent.
norn
(Norse Myth., person) Any of the three goddesses, representing the past, present, and future, who determine the destiny of gods and mortals
A divinity presiding over forests and trees; a wood nymph.
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bacchante
A priestess or female votary of Bacchus.
A supernatural creature who does one's bidding when summoned.
oberon
A satellite of Uranus.
(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.
A person who derives pleasure from loathsome acts or things
(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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Something (as an institution, idea, or individual) conceived as an autonomous creative force or decisive power.
An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.
(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
ouphe
1835, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay, 1899, The Culprit Fa[y], page 4,
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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(Folklore) One of the undead that wanders at night to suck the blood of its human victims
A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device.
barghest
A goblin in English folklore, often appearing in the shape of a large dog and believed to portend imminent death or misfortune.
A dwarf star or dwarf galaxy.
white-lady
(Slang) Cocaine.
The power or agency supposed to determine the outcome of events before they occur; destiny
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(Idiomatic, British folklore) A strange light that attracts travellers from pathways into dangerous marshes or graveyards.
(Proper) Robin Goodfellow: Puck appears as a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
A grotesque elfin creature of folklore, thought to work mischief or evil.
An object or a source of fear, dread, or harassment; a bugbear:
nereid
(Greek Mythology) One of the sea nymphs, the 50 daughters of Nereus.
(Archaic or dialectal) A man who practises witchcraft.
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A person who is felt to be particularly cruel, brutish, or hideous.
robin goodfellow
A mischievous sprite in English folklore; Puck.
An evil supernatural being; a devil.
A female demon supposed to descend upon and have sexual intercourse with a man while he sleeps.
afrit
Alternative spelling of ifrit.
ghost (related)
Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature
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sylphid
A small or young sylph
Fairyland
Any of various violets, esp. a popular garden hybrid (Viola tricolor hortensis), with flat, broad, velvety petals in many colors
A woman chosen as the winner of a contest or the honorary head of an event:
A male homosexual
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oread
(Class. Myth.) A mountain nymph
kelpie
(Celt. Folklore) A water spirit, supposed to take the form of a horse and drown people
mab
Abbreviation of monoclonal antibody.
A male homosexual.
robingoodfellow
Queer is a strange or eccentric person, or an offensive and derogatory slang term used for a homosexual person.
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