nixie

noun

Definition of nixienext
as in fairy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nixie
  1. goblin
  2. elf
  3. changeling
  4. troll
  5. faerie
  6. gnome
  7. kelpie
Noun
  • Across spending categories, ghouls and goblins will spend the most holiday funds on candy, with total spending expected to reach $3.5 billion.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Spooktacular Hot Air Balloon Festival More than 20 frightfully fun hot air balloons will serve as trick-or-treat stations for little ghouls and goblins.
    Jessica Boehm, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of goblin
Noun
  • The game ball was presented to Reid by an elf, who popped out of a trunk brought into the locker room as the group cheered.
    Natasha Dye, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Monologue Short jokes about Matt Gaetz and being forced to play an elf ten times tonight.
    Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of elf
Noun
  • What do the Krampus, a horde of undead elves, bloodthirsty changelings, and William Shatner have in common?
    Huntley Woods, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Many people believed that faeries were capable of all sorts of wicked tricks: Stealing babies or children and replacing them with changelings, making devilish bargains, trapping people in the Otherworld for eternity.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of changeling
Noun
  • Russian hackers and trolls work constantly to exacerbate these divisions, largely through social media.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The name itself conjures images of mythical trolls turned to stone, a theme deeply rooted in Norwegian folklore.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of troll
Noun
  • 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
  • That’s in addition to the strange creatures that roam the countryside such as faeries and dragon.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of faerie
Noun
  • Buyers were rarer than scarlet tanagers in New York, the market gnome and birdwatcher said.
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • More:Target has up to 65% off artificial Christmas trees, gnome decor, ornaments and more 15.
    Kasey Caminiti, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of gnome
Noun
  • The gulf features in Scottish mythology as the Goddess of Winter, Cailleach (creator, weather deity), a powerful weather kelpie who washes her plait in the waters there, which marks the moment when autumn turns into winter.
    Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 15 Nov. 2024
  • In Scottish folklore, the kelpie is a shape-shifting creature that lives underwater and can easily devour humans.
    Catherine Garcia, theweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of kelpie
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