NYMPH as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
   Hypernyms(s) nymph is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • larva (what does larva mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden
   Usage Example(s)
   • the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water
   Hypernyms(s) nymph is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • Greco-Roman deity (what does Greco-Roman deity mean?)
   • Graeco-Roman deity (what does Graeco-Roman deity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Echo (what does Echo mean?)
   • Hesperides (what does Hesperides mean?)
   • Atlantides (what does Atlantides mean?)
   • Hyades (what does Hyades mean?)
   • Oread (what does Oread mean?)
   • Pleiades (what does Pleiades mean?)
   • Sterope (what does Sterope mean?)
   • Asterope (what does Asterope mean?)
   • water nymph (what does water nymph mean?)
   • Daphne (what does Daphne mean?)
   • dryad (what does dryad mean?)
   • wood nymph (what does wood nymph mean?)
   • Salmacis (what does Salmacis mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a voluptuously beautiful young woman
   Synonym(s)
   • houri (what does houri mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) nymph is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • woman (what does woman mean?)
   • adult female (what does adult female mean?)