Synonyms for dragon
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Harpy — A fierce and unpleasant woman
harpy, witch, vixen, shrew, scold, hellcat, virago, termagant, harridan, cockatrice dated
2. Drag queen — A mythical reptilian or serpentine creature. In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian…
drag queen, drag, wyrm, derg slang, lindworm rare, dwaggy rare
3. Wyvern — A mythical reptilian or serpentine creature. In Eastern Asian mythologies, a large, snake-like monster with…
4. Flying lizard
Definitions
- n. 1
A mythical reptilian or serpentine creature. In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a lizard-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.
- n. 2
A mythical reptilian or serpentine creature. In Eastern Asian mythologies, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.
- n. 3
A fierce and unpleasant woman.
- n. 4
An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance: Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- dragons → harpies, witches, vixens, shrews…
Example sentences
- witch If you're really a witch, where's your broomstick?
- vixen A vixen lives in our garden with her five puppies.
- drag The Fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling.
By length
- 4 letters
- drag1, worm1, derg, wyrm
- 5 letters
- witch1, drake1, vixen2, shrew, scold1, harpy
- 6 letters
- lizard2, tartar2, wyvern, virago3, dwaggy
- 7 letters
- monster2, dragoon, hellcat
- 8 letters
- harridan, lindworm
- 9 letters
- termagant, firedrake
- 10 letters
- cockatrice
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vixen2 = 2 syllables).