SELECT * from dictionary_thesaurus WHERE word = "nymph" OR word = "Nymph" OR word = "Nymph" nymph | Definition of nymph
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Synonyms and Antonyms of nymph

1 a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors
  • she bought the book of fairy tales for the beautiful engravings of nymphs and fairies featured between the stories
Synonyms of nymph

dryad, hamadryad, naiad, oread, wood nymph
Words Related to nymph

mermaid, Nereid, Oceanid, sea-maid (or sea-maiden), siren, water nymph
2 a young wingless often wormlike form (as a grub or caterpillar) that hatches from the egg of many insects
  • mayfly nymphs
Synonyms of nymph

larva, naiad
Words Related to nymph

pupa
3 a female person who has not yet reached adulthood
  • the neighborhood nymphs were gathered at the local pizza parlor
Synonyms of nymph

filly, girl, lass, lassie, miss, missy, sheila [Australian & New Zealand]
Words Related to nymph

bobby-soxer, junior miss, schoolgirl, subdebutante, teenybopper

gamine, hoyden, pixie (also pixy), romp, snip, tomboy

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