as in fairy
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers
dressed up the toddlers like goblins for Halloween
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Recent Examples of goblin
The goblin banker will instead be played by Leigh Gill.
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Jack Dunn, Variety, 1 Sep. 2025
At their largest, Orchestina goblin spiders are about one-tenth of an inch long — smaller than a grain of rice.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
For anyone that’s ever wanted to battle a goblin scrap fleet or hurl fireballs with one hand while blasting away with the other, this is the game to play.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
To some, the creatures that purportedly visited Kelly — about eight miles north of Hopkinsville — became known as goblins.
—Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 6 Aug. 2025
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Jack Dunn, Variety, 1 Sep. 2025
At their largest, Orchestina goblin spiders are about one-tenth of an inch long — smaller than a grain of rice.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
For anyone that’s ever wanted to battle a goblin scrap fleet or hurl fireballs with one hand while blasting away with the other, this is the game to play.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
To some, the creatures that purportedly visited Kelly — about eight miles north of Hopkinsville — became known as goblins.
—Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goblin
Noun
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Various cultures interpreted the ephemeral aberrations as fairies, ghosts or spirits.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
29 Sep. 2025
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On the Blumarine spring 2026 runway in Milan on Friday, models tapped into their inner bohemian-fairy party girl personas with charcoal eyeliner smudged around their eyes, faded hues on their lips and tired waves in their hair.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The special will be made available on Disney+ the following day, and the elves will head to ABC’s shelves later in the season.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Sep. 2025
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Falling on Santa’s Naughty or Nice list used to be a call made by Santa and his elves.—
Rebecca Angel Baer,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These two dwarf galaxies orbit the Milky Way at distances of 163,000 and 200,000 light-years, respectively, moving through our galaxy's outer halo of hot gas not too dissimilar, but on a much smaller scale, from the Virgo Cluster's halo of hot gas.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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While some amaranth varieties, like the colorful ‘Burgundy Amaranth,’ are too tall for most planters, dwarf amaranths like ‘Globe Amaranth’ or ‘Pygmy’s Torch’ are the perfect size for pots.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And thank the faeries for that.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
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“Goblin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goblin. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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