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Synonyms for puck

Most common

fay faerie hockey puck

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Fairy — the mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's…

fairy, sprite, faerie, fay, elf

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

  2. n. 2

    A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.

Related words

Word family
puckish
Phrases
hockey puck ice hockey puck shuffleboard puck urinal puck
Other spellings
pouk

Forms

Plural
pucks → fairies, sprites, faeries, fays…

Example sentences

  • fay Morgan le Fay was a powerful sorceress and the half-sister of King Arthur.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
puckrising
fayfalling
faerierising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
elf1, fay1
4 letters
punk1
5 letters
fairy2, rowdy2, scamp, cutup
6 letters
sprite1, faerie, booger
7 letters
buffoon2, ruffian, hoodlum2
8 letters
mischief2, hooligan3, jokester2
10 letters
scapegrace
11 letters
rapscallion

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fairy2 = 2 syllables).

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Français
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