Synonyms of nymphs

nymphs

noun

plural of nymph

1

as in mermaids

a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors

she bought the book of fairy tales for the beautiful engravings of nymphs and fairies featured between the stories

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mermaids
• dryads
• naiads
• wood nymphs
• hamadryads
• sirens
• oreads
• Nereids
• water nymphs
• Oceanids
• sea-maids

2

as in larvae

a young wingless often wormlike form (as a grub or caterpillar) that hatches from the egg of many insects

mayfly nymphs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• larvae
• pupae
• naiads

3

as in girls

a female person who has not yet reached adulthood

the neighborhood nymphs were gathered at the local pizza parlor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• girls
• fillies
• lasses
• lassies
• missies
• sheilas
• pixies
• misses
• teenyboppers
• schoolgirls
• bobby-soxers
• junior misses
• romps
• tomboys
• gamines
• hoydens
• subdebutantes
• snips

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nymphs

Hung in the den, where King pores over his many books, is a circa 1890 Henri-Fantin Latour canvas of three nymphs. — Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026

Live roaches were discovered behind the cove base under the hand sink and nymphs at the display cooler next to the meat prep entrance. — Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Juveniles, known as nymphs, which resemble small, wingless black and red beetles with white spots, are found in the early summer, with adults, characterized by gray to brown outer wings with black spots, emerging in late summer. — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2026

After the eggs hatch, the young dragonflies, called nymphs, live underwater for at least six months and for up to five years for some species. — Olga R. Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Circe, the poem’s speaker, instructs the nymphs in a recipe for cooking pork. — Bailey Sincox, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026

And the ocean nymphs try out this wonder on more plants, and are delighted that the same thing happens at its touch, and repeat it by scattering the seeds from the plants through the waves. — Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026

The sculptor Berthold Nebel left his mark across Manhattan, from the sea nymphs in the ceilings of the old Cunard Building at the foot of Broadway to the limestone reliefs at the Hispanic Society up on 155th Street. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 July 2026

The thick mats cover up the rocky streambed where invertebrates like mayfly nymphs like to live, and instead creates habitats for smaller insects, chironomids and worms. — Hannah Smith july 25, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2026