Synonyms of the word

gnome

• n. A brief reflection or maxim; a pithy saying.
• n. (magic, alchemy, Rosicrucianism) An elemental (spirit or corporeal creature associated with a classical…
• n. (mythology, fantasy literature) One of a legendary race of human-like beings, usually imagined as short…
• n. A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance.
• n. The northern pygmy owl, Glaucidium gnoma, a small owl of the western United States.
• n. A small statue of a dwarf-like character, often bearded, placed in a garden.
• n. (astronomy, meteorology) An upper atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a compact…
• n. (often derogatory) A banker, especially a secretive international one.

axiom

• n. (philosophy) A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or…
• n. (logic, mathematics, proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems;…
• n. An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received.

dwarf

• n. (mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore,…
• n. (now often offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in…
• n. An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
• n. (astronomy) A star of relatively small size.
• adj. (especially in botany) Miniature.
• v. (transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
• v. (transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
• v. (transitive) To make appear insignificant.
• v. (intransitive) To become (much) smaller.
• v. To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.

faerie

• n. Archaic spelling of fairy.
• n. Realm of the fays, fairyland.

faery

• n. Obsolete spelling of fairy.

fairy

• n. (uncountable, obsolete) The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion.
• n. A mythical being with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in…
• n. (Northern England, US, derogatory, colloquial) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
• n. Two species of hummingbird in the genus Heliothryx.

fay

• v. To fit.
• v. To join or unite closely or tightly.
• v. To lie close together.
• v. To fadge.
• v. (dialectal) To cleanse; clean out.
• n. A fairy.
• adj. Fairy like.
• n. (US slang) A white person.
• adj. (US slang) White.

maxim

• n. (now rare) A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.
• n. A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.

sprite

• n. (mythology) A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition.
• n. (mythology) An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
• n. The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
• n. (computer graphics) A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
• n. An electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm.
• n. A spayed female ferret.