LAMIAE Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

lamiae

noun

variants or lamias

plural of lamia

as in vampires

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Noun

Bedbugs are sometimes called the vampires of the insect world — hiding during the day and coming out at night to feast on human blood.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
The show followed Buffy Summers, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, as a high school student who also saves the world from vampires and demons.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 31 July 2026

Definition of vampires

Noun

Night of the Living Dead centers all the action at a farmhouse, where seven people attempt to ward off the ghouls — without any prior knowledge of how to do so.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
Created by a number of its stars, Ghosts originated on the BBC in 2019, following a group of ghouls from different historical periods haunting a country house while sharing the house with its new living occupants.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026

Definition of ghouls

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But her kindly and supportive cop boyfriend Nick (Brandon Perea) rightly insists that the duo should perhaps move out of the house when Gemma’s habitual nightmares intensify.

— Tomris Laffly, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
As the title suggests, the film indeed opens with a dream, one that emerges from the nightmares of history.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of nightmares

Noun

The island village is beset by sea hags, serial killers, creepy clowns and other evils that interfere with Tom’s dream of turning Widow’s Bay into a Martha’s Vineyard-like tourist destination.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 17 June 2026
Martha’s Vineyard also has knife-wielding men in masks and creepy sea hags!

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026

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