Synonyms of nymphs

nymphs

noun

plural of nymph

1

as in mermaids

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 & Similar Words

• mermaids
• dryads
• naiades
• naiads
• wood nymphs
• hamadryads
• oreads
• sirens
• Nereids
• water nymphs
• Oceanids
• sea-maidens
• sea-maids

2

as in larvae

a young wingless often wormlike form (as a grub or caterpillar) that hatches from the egg of many insects

mayfly nymphs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• larvae
• larvas
• naiads
• naiades
• pupae
• pupas

3

as in girls

a female person who has not yet reached adulthood

the neighborhood nymphs were gathered at the local pizza parlor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• girls
• fillies
• lasses
• lassies
• missies
• sheilas
• pixies
• misses
• teenyboppers
• schoolgirls
• bobby-soxers
• junior misses
• romps
• tomboys
• gamines
• hoydens
• subdebutantes
• snips