Synonyms for dragon
ˈdræg əndrag·on

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. dragonnoun

   Synonyms:
   wyrm, shrew, virago, lindworm, harridan, termagant, monster, battle-axe, serpent, drake, bitch, wyvern

2. dragonnoun

   A legendary, serpentine or reptilian creature.

   Synonyms:
   wyvern, serpent, drake, monster, battle-axe, lindworm, harridan, termagant, bitch, virago, shrew, wyrm

3. dragonnoun

   An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:

   Synonyms:
   termagant, wyvern, drake, lindworm, harridan, battle-axe, virago, monster, serpent, bitch, wyrm, shrew

4. dragonnoun

   The constellation Draco.

   Synonyms:
   drake, battle-axe, termagant, lindworm, bitch, harridan, wyvern, monster, virago, wyrm, shrew, serpent

5. dragonnoun

   An unpleasant woman; a harridan.

   She’s a bit of a dragon.

   Synonyms:
   wyrm, wyvern, serpent, monster, harridan, virago, shrew, bitch, termagant, battle-axe, drake, lindworm

6. dragonnoun

   The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.

   Napoleon already warned of the awakening of the Dragon.

   Synonyms:
   drake, serpent, battle-axe, wyvern, virago, termagant, shrew, monster, harridan, wyrm, lindworm, bitch

7. dragonnoun

   Something very formidable or dangerous.

   Synonyms:
   serpent, monster, shrew, wyrm, drake, bitch, battle-axe, lindworm, harridan, termagant, wyvern, virago

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.3 / 3 votes

1. dragon, firedrakenoun

   a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings

   Synonyms:
   flying lizard, tartar, flying dragon, firedrake

2. dragon, tartarnoun

   a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman

   Synonyms:
   potassium bitartrate, flying dragon, tophus, flying lizard, calculus, cream of tartar, firedrake, potassium hydrogen tartrate, tartar

3. Draco, Dragonnoun

   a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus

   Synonyms:
   flying lizard, tartar, genus Draco, flying dragon, firedrake

4. dragon, flying dragon, flying lizardnoun

   any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body

   Synonyms:
   flying lizard, tartar, flying dragon, firedrake

Matched Categories

1. • Agamid Lizard
   • Constellation
   • Mythical Monster
   • Unpleasant Woman

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "dragon":

   lung, dragons, drache, ryong, dragonair, loon, loong, lava

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1. Chinese Proverb:

   To attract good fortune, spend a new coin on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend, and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.

2. Martin Chaknueve:

   It is shocking how people are being fooled by doctors in the name of dengue and looting ordinary mass. Asking patients to eat dragon fruit and kiwi only and still people doubts physicians. Fake blood reports are prepared to fleece money It is shocking how people are being fooled by doctors in the name of dengue and looting ordinary mass. Asking patients to eat dragon fruit and kiwi only and still people do not doubt physicians. Fake blood reports are prepared to fleece money

3. Arthur Georges:

   We used a bacterial artificial chromosome library to generate and verify sex specific sequence and probes that were important to determine the underlying sex of individuals, a BAC library is constructed by cutting up the dragon DNA, the whole genome, and inserting the fragments into bacterial colonies, one fragment per colony, so you can pull particular dragon sequence out at will.

4. Charles de LEUSSE:

   The dragon spits fire, what extinguishes its tears. When we live in rancor, we are born to be old. (Le dragon crache du feu, - Ce qui éteint ses larmes. - Quand on vit de rancune, - On naît pour être vieux.)

5. Victor Glover:

   My first video from space ! Looking at the Earth through the window of Dragon Resilience, the scale of detail and sensory inputs made this a breathtaking perspective !