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Definition of nymph : 1. A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters.
2. A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel.
3. Any one of a subfamily ( Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.; - called also naiad.
4. of Nympha
5. The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.

Synonyms:

bogey, creature, centaur, housewife, houri, missy, female, New Zealand, naiad, chrysalis, bogeyman, Bigfoot, lassie, the fair sex, cocoon, grub, boogeyman, girl, filly, bunyip, hamadryad, womankind, woman, womenfolk, working girl, chimera, young lady, oread, nit, larva, miss, sheila &amp, the Abominable Snowman, pupa, lass

ghoul, daemon, demon, archfiend, devil, hellcat, freak, ogre, fiend, genie, monster, hell hound, incubus, hellion, Satan, dragon, vampire, lamia, sylph, satyr, hell-raiser, succubus, imp, spirit, dwarf, specter, goblin, beast, werewolf, siren

fairy, Ares, Zeus, banshee, dryad, Demeter, gnome, Pluto, Aphrodite, nix, Gaea, troll, pixie, Jupiter, Eros, Hyperion, Gaia, Jove, Diana, Phoebus, Kronos, Dionysus, deity, Helios, hobgoblin, wood nymph, Cupid, Thor, Poseidon, Vulcan, Athena, Mars, Hear, Rhea, Saturn, mermaid, Venus, Bacchus, Juno, Apollo, Nike, Artemis, Cronus, Persephone, Proserpina, Hephaestus, Ceres, Minerva, elf, sprite, Hermes, brownie, nixie

Usage examples:

• The flowers and I were friends again, the grass was my brother, and the shy nymph- like stream, dropping silver vowels into the silence, was my sweetheart. - "October Vagabonds", Richard Le Gallienne.
• 38 O fate severe, to seize the nymph so soon, The nymph, for whom a thousand shepherds sigh, And in the space of one revolving moon To doom the fair one and her swain to die! - "The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III)", Philip Freneau.
• She is his nymph, and with a servitor She doth but jest. - "Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems", Eric Mackay.