nixie

noun

Definition of nixienext
as in fairy

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Recent Examples of nixie This full function clock created by electronico is crafted from vintage nixie tubes. — Laura Grace Weldon, WIRED, 8 Mar. 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nixie
  1. fairy
  2. goblin
  3. elf
  4. changeling
  5. little people
  6. troll
  7. faerie
  8. gnome
Noun
  • At a party one night, struggling musician Owen strikes a connection with a young woman (Sadie Soverall) that feels downright magical — she’s even dressed as a fairy, emphasizing the dreaminess of the moment.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The song ‘Enchanted’ is about falling in love and that sort of glittery, twinkly fairy lights feeling.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of fairy
Noun
  • The magical ring that helped Bilbo escape the goblins had become an instrument of addiction and mass political control.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Two years ago, the Man City phenom appeared in a 90-second spot for the game that saw him get recruited to storm a castle teeming with goblins, dragons and impish skeletons.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of goblin
Noun
  • Elf Once again, the sphynx was crossed with another breed, this time the American Curl, to create the elf’s distinct look.
    — Pat Mueller, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Yes, there were moments of humor, such as getting magic potions around the campfire at the end of each stage by whacking helpless little elves, but most of it was played straight, to great effect.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of elf
Noun
  • Is the baby really a baby, or has it been replaced by a changeling?
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Like a changeling—a motif that recurs throughout the novel—the old narrator has been taken and replaced by someone new.
    — Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2025
Definition of changeling
Noun
  • The little people came out and worked well, but how was this any different from his previous appearances?
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Just as Odysseus and his men defeat the cyclops by putting out his eye, so these little people defeat the doctor by breaking his glasses.
    — Jim Beckerman, USA Today, 22 July 2026
Definition of little people
Noun
  • In 2017, internet trolls disrupted an anti-racist art installation with neo-Nazi chants and messily downed jugs of milk to accentuate their white identity.
    — Hilary Smith, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Glenn Close defended her All’s Fair costar Kim Kardashian against an internet troll on Instagram.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of troll
Noun
  • Maeve learns that the legends she was raised on — stories of faeries, kelpies and seelies — are actually true.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
  • The plays are set in locations as varied as courts, forests, battlefields, and even the realm of faerie.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of faerie
Noun
  • Accounting is not a very physical job, but tell that to the KPMG gnomes who just spent weeks lugging around gold bars in a secret Swiss cavern.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Forza was trained by Brian Myers, Bear Bronson and Pat Buck and regards herself to be a lawn gnome aficionado.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of gnome

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