DRAGON
Dictionary entry overview: What does Dragon mean?
• DRAGON (noun)
The noun DRAGON has 4 senses:
1. a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
2. a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
3. a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus
4. any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body
Familiarity information: DRAGON used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DRAGON (noun)
Meaning:
A creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
dragon; firedrake
Hypernyms ("dragon" is a kind of...):
mythical creature; mythical monster (a monster renowned in folklore and myth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dragon"):
wivern; wyvern (a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon and the tail of a snake and a body with wings and two legs)
Instance hyponyms:
Fafnir ((Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd)
Meaning:
A fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
dragon; tartar
Hypernyms ("dragon" is a kind of...):
disagreeable woman; unpleasant woman (a woman who is an unpleasant person)
Meaning:
A faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Draco; Dragon
Instance hypernyms:
constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)
Meaning:
Any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
flying dragon; flying lizard; dragon
Hypernyms ("dragon" is a kind of...):
agamid; agamid lizard (a lizard of the family Agamidae)
Holonyms ("dragon" is a member of...):
Draco; genus Draco (a reptile genus known as flying dragons or flying lizards)
