What is another word for dragons?

Pronunciation: [dɹˈaɡənz] (IPA)

Dragons have captured the imagination of people for centuries and are widespread in myths and legends around the world. Looking for synonyms for dragons, we can find several options which add depth and variety to one's vocabulary. For example, wyverns are dragon-like creatures present in medieval literature, while drakes are wingless dragons with serpent-like features. Serpents and snakes share some characteristics of dragons such as being long and scaly, and breath a harmful substance, but they lack wings. Chimera, a mythical creature with a lion's head, goat's body, and dragon's tail, shares dragon's mythical qualities of terror and power. Other synonyms include basilisks, hydras, and wyrms, each with their unique qualities and cultural significance.

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  • Equivalence

    • Verb, 3rd person singular present
      dragon.
  • Independent

    • Verb, 3rd person singular present
      marks.
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What are the hypernyms for Dragons?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    reptiles, mythological creatures, mythical beings, legendary beasts, legendary creatures.

Usage examples for Dragons

They fought with giants and dragons, and do you know that each one had his lady, whom he protected and defended?
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
You'll find one of our Space-dragons hidden in a gorge of the Katskain Range.
"The Instant of Now"
Irving E. Cox, Jr.
It was a flying terror which, when told in the barest words of these boys, is stranger than old mythical stories of flying horses and dragons on the wing.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs

Famous quotes with Dragons

  • I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out.
    Victoria Beckham
  • I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull.
    Rita Mae Brown
  • The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.
    Charles Dickens
  • Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.
    Alexandre Dumas
  • My first figure was a SLAYER eagle. And the dragons and the tribals are all I have got.
    Kerry King

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