I have always wanted to see a dragon, but dragons are not real creatures.
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Dragon
/ˈdɹæɡən/
Synonyms for "dragon" (160 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (48)
Related words (80)
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Show 53 more words
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Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: drake, wyrm, agama, alligator, anole.
- Sentence evidence is available for dragon, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wiktionary, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "dragon".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "dragon"
Keep "dragon" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "dragon" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "dragon", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "dragon" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
7 entriesMore specific
4 entriesCollocations
5 entriesChinese dragondragon hatchlingdragon loredragon mythfire breathing dragon
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
253 translations across 151 languages.
Abkhaz
2 entries- аблаҩа noun (mythical creature)
- агәылшьаԥ noun (mythical creature)
Afrikaans
1 entries- draak noun (mythical creature)
Albanian
2 entries- dragoi noun (mythical creature)
- kuçedër noun (mythical creature)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- δράκαινα noun (mythical creature)
- δράκων noun (mythical creature)
Arabic
2 entries- تِنِّين noun (mythical creature)
- تِنِّين noun (mythical creature)
Aragonese
1 entries- dragón noun (mythical creature)
Aramaic
1 entries- תנינא noun (mythical creature)
Armenian
2 entries- դրակոն noun (mythical creature)
- վիշապ noun (mythical creature)
Asturian
1 entries- cuélebre noun (mythical creature)
Avar
1 entries- аздагьо noun (mythical creature)
Avestan
2 entries- 𐬀𐬲𐬌 noun (mythical creature)
- 𐬀𐬲𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀 noun (mythical creature)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- əjdəha noun (mythical creature)
Bashkir
2 entries- аждаһа noun (mythical creature)
- дракон noun (mythical creature)
Basque
1 entries- herensuge noun (mythical creature)
Belarusian
4 entries- драко́н noun (mythical creature)
- змей noun (mythical creature)
- смок noun (mythical creature)
- цмок noun (mythical creature)
Bengali
1 entries- আজদাহা noun (mythical creature)
Bikol Central
1 entries- dragon noun (mythical creature)
Bulgarian
2 entries- драко́н noun (mythical creature)
- змей noun (mythical creature)
Burmese
1 entries- နဂါး noun (mythical creature)
Catalan
2 entries- drac noun (mythical creature)
- víbria noun (mythical creature)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ئهژدهها noun (mythical creature)
Chechen
1 entries- саьрмик noun (mythical creature)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᎦᏖᎾ noun (mythical creature)
Chinese
1 entries- лун noun (mythical creature)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 龍 /龙 noun (mythical creature)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 龍 /龙 noun (mythical creature)
Church Slavic
2 entries- смокъ noun (mythical creature)
- ⱄⰿⱁⰽⱏ noun (mythical creature)
Chuvash
1 entries- аҫтаха noun (mythical creature)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲇⲣⲁⲕⲱⲛ noun (mythical creature)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- ajderha noun (mythical creature)
Czech
1 entries- drak noun (mythical creature)
Danish
2 entries- drage noun (mythical creature)
- lindorm noun (mythical creature)
Dargwa
1 entries- аждагьа noun (mythical creature)
Dutch
2 entries- draak noun (mythical creature)
- lintworm noun (mythical creature)
Dzongkha
1 entries- འབྲུག noun (mythical creature)
Elfdalian
1 entries- dratji noun (mythical creature)
Esperanto
1 entries- drako noun (mythical creature)
Estonian
4 entries- draakon noun (mythical creature)
- lendmadu noun (mythical creature)
- lohe noun (mythical creature)
- lohemadu noun (mythical creature)
Faroese
2 entries- dreki noun (mythical creature)
- lindormur noun (mythical creature)
Finnish
1 entries- lohikäärme noun (mythical creature)
French
1 entries- dragon noun (mythical creature)
Friulian
1 entries- dragon noun (mythical creature)
Galician
3 entries- bicha noun (mythical creature)
- dragón noun (mythical creature)
- serpe noun (mythical creature)
Georgian
2 entries- გველეშაპი noun (mythical creature)
- დრაკონი noun (mythical creature)
German
1 entries- Drache noun (mythical creature)
Greek
3 entries- δράκαινα noun (mythical creature)
- δράκοντας noun (mythical creature)
- δράκος noun (mythical creature)
Greenlandic
3 entries- aassissuaq noun (mythical creature)
- kuukkooriaasarsuaq noun (mythical creature)
- uumasorujuk noun (mythical creature)
Hebrew
2 entries- דְּרָקוֹן noun (mythical creature)
- רַהַב noun (mythical creature)
Hindi
3 entries- अजदहा noun (mythical creature)
- अजदाह noun (mythical creature)
- अज़दहा noun (mythical creature)
Hungarian
1 entries- sárkány noun (mythical creature)
Icelandic
2 entries- dreki noun (mythical creature)
- lindormur noun (mythical creature)
Ido
1 entries- drako noun (mythical creature)
Indonesian
1 entries- naga noun (mythical creature)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- اَژْدَر noun (mythical creature)
- اَژْدَهَا noun (mythical creature)
- اِژْدِهَا noun (mythical creature)
Irish
3 entries- dragan noun (mythical creature)
- dragún noun (mythical creature)
- ollphéist noun (mythical creature)
Italian
2 entries- drago noun (mythical creature)
- dragone noun (mythical creature)
Japanese
2 entries- ドラゴン noun (mythical creature)
- 竜 noun (mythical creature)
Jeju
2 entries- 미리 noun (mythical creature)
- 용 noun (mythical creature)
Jingpho
1 entries- baren noun (mythical creature)
Kalmyk
1 entries- лу noun (mythical creature)
Kazakh
2 entries- аждаһа noun (mythical creature)
- айдаһар noun (mythical creature)
Khmer
2 entries- នាគ noun (mythical creature)
- ឧរគ noun (mythical creature)
Korean
3 entries- 룡 noun (mythical creature)
- 미르 noun (mythical creature)
- 용 noun (mythical creature)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- ажыдаар noun (mythical creature)
- улу noun (mythical creature)
Lak
1 entries- аждагьа noun (mythical creature)
Lao
2 entries- ນາກ noun (mythical creature)
- ມັງກອນ noun (mythical creature)
Latgalian
2 entries- pyukuļs noun (mythical creature)
- pyučs noun (mythical creature)
Latin
1 entries- draco noun (mythical creature)
Latvian
2 entries- drakons noun (mythical creature)
- pūķis noun (mythical creature)
Lezgi
1 entries- аждагьан noun (mythical creature)
Lithuanian
2 entries- drakonas noun (mythical creature)
- slibinas noun (mythical creature)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- paliwaka noun (mythical creature)
- plon noun (mythical creature)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Draach noun (mythical creature)
Macedonian
4 entries- а́ждаја noun (mythical creature)
- а́ждер noun (mythical creature)
- а́ла noun (mythical creature)
- дра́кон noun (mythical creature)
Malay
1 entries- naga noun (mythical creature)
Maltese
1 entries- dragun noun (mythical creature)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠮᡠᡩᡠ᠋ᡵᡳ noun (mythical creature)
Manx
2 entries- dragan noun (mythical creature)
- dragane noun (mythical creature)
Marathi
1 entries- ड्रॅगन noun (mythical creature)
Middle English
2 entries- dragoun noun (mythical creature)
- drake noun (mythical creature)
Middle Persian
2 entries- 𐭠𐭰 noun (mythical creature)
- 𐭠𐭰𐭩𐭣𐭤𐭠𐭪𐭩 noun (mythical creature)
Mongolian
2 entries- луу noun (mythical creature)
- ᠯᠤᠤ noun (mythical creature)
Muong
1 entries- rồng noun (mythical creature)
Māori
2 entries- mokoahi noun (mythical creature)
- tarākona noun (mythical creature)
Nanai
1 entries- мудур noun (mythical creature)
Navajo
2 entries- naʼashǫ́ʼiitsoh noun (mythical creature)
- tłʼiishtsoh noun (mythical creature)
Niuean
1 entries- tarākoni noun (mythical creature)
Nogai
1 entries- аздаа noun (mythical creature)
Norman
1 entries- dragon noun (mythical creature)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- ejdeha noun (mythical creature)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- drage noun (mythical creature)
- drake noun (mythical creature)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- drake noun (mythical creature)
Occitan
1 entries- dragon noun (mythical creature)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- смокъ noun (mythical creature)
Old English
1 entries- draca noun (mythical creature)
Old High German
1 entries- trahho noun (mythical creature)
Old Norse
1 entries- dreki noun (mythical creature)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- اژدرها noun (mythical creature)
- ثعبان noun (mythical creature)
- غول noun (mythical creature)
Pali
1 entries- nāga noun (mythical creature)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- шаркань noun (mythical creature)
Parthian
1 entries- 𐫀𐫋𐫅𐫍𐫀𐫃 noun (mythical creature)
Pashto
4 entries- اژدر noun (mythical creature)
- اژدها noun (mythical creature)
- اژدهار noun (mythical creature)
- ښامار noun (mythical creature)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Droak noun (mythical creature)
Polish
2 entries- smok noun (mythical creature)
- żmij noun (mythical creature)
Portuguese
1 entries- dragão noun (mythical creature)
Romagnol
1 entries- drêgh noun (mythical creature)
Romanian
3 entries- balaur noun (mythical creature)
- dragon noun (mythical creature)
- zmeu noun (mythical creature)
Romansch
1 entries- dragun noun (mythical creature)
Russian
3 entries- драко́н noun (mythical creature)
- змей noun (mythical creature)
- смок noun (mythical creature)
Sanskrit
2 entries- उरङ्ग noun (mythical creature)
- नाग noun (mythical creature)
Scots
1 entries- Draigon noun (mythical creature)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- nathair-sgiathach noun (mythical creature)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ala noun (mythical creature)
- aždaha noun (mythical creature)
- aždaja noun (mythical creature)
- aлa noun (mythical creature)
Shan
1 entries- ၼၵႃး noun (mythical creature)
Sherpa
1 entries- འབྲུག noun (mythical creature)
Sicilian
1 entries- dragu noun (mythical creature)
Slovak
2 entries- drak noun (mythical creature)
- šarkan noun (mythical creature)
Slovene
1 entries- zmaj noun (mythical creature)
Southern Altai
1 entries- улуу noun (mythical creature)
Spanish
2 entries- dragón noun (mythical creature)
- guiverno noun (mythical creature)
Swahili
2 entries- dragoni noun (mythical creature)
- joka noun (mythical creature)
Swedish
2 entries- drake noun (mythical creature)
- lindorm noun (mythical creature)
Tagalog
1 entries- dragon noun (mythical creature)
Tai Dam
1 entries- ꪩꪺꪉ noun (mythical creature)
Tajik
2 entries- аждар noun (mythical creature)
- аждаҳо noun (mythical creature)
Tamil
1 entries- டிராகன் noun (mythical creature)
Tatar
2 entries- аждаһа noun (mythical creature)
- ләү noun (mythical creature)
Thai
3 entries- นาค noun (mythical creature)
- มังกร noun (mythical creature)
- อุรค noun (mythical creature)
Tibetan
1 entries- འབྲུག noun (mythical creature)
Translingual
2 entries- 🐉 noun (mythical creature)
- 🐲 noun (mythical creature)
Tsez
1 entries- аждагь noun (mythical creature)
Turkish
4 entries- büke noun (mythical creature)
- dragon noun (mythical creature)
- ejder noun (mythical creature)
- ejderha noun (mythical creature)
Turkmen
2 entries- ajdarha noun (mythical creature)
- lu noun (mythical creature)
Tuvan
1 entries- улу noun (mythical creature)
Ubykh
1 entries- чыгьыблы noun (mythical creature)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎚𐎐𐎐 noun (mythical creature)
Ukrainian
4 entries- драко́н noun (mythical creature)
- змій noun (mythical creature)
- змії́ха noun (mythical creature)
- смок noun (mythical creature)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- zmij noun (mythical creature)
Urdu
1 entries- اَژْدَہا noun (mythical creature)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئەجدىھا noun (mythical creature)
- ئەجدىھار noun (mythical creature)
Uzbek
2 entries- ajdahor noun (mythical creature)
- ajdar noun (mythical creature)
Venetan
1 entries- dragon noun (mythical creature)
Vietnamese
1 entries- rồng noun (mythical creature)
Volapük
1 entries- drak noun (mythical creature)
Welsh
1 entries- draig noun (mythical creature)
West-Frisian
1 entries- draak noun (mythical creature)
Written Oirat
1 entries- ᠯᡇᡇ᠋ noun (mythical creature)
Yaghnobi
2 entries- аждаҳор noun (mythical creature)
- аҷдаҳор noun (mythical creature)
Yiddish
2 entries- דראַקאָן noun (mythical creature)
- פֿיפּערנאָטער noun (mythical creature)
Yoruba
1 entries- dírágónì noun (mythical creature)
Zhuang
1 entries- lungz noun (mythical creature)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
The animal in the top left-hand corner is meant to be a dragon.
Source: tatoeba (268281)
The dragon is an imaginary creature.
Source: tatoeba (325503)
A dragon is a creature of fancy.
Source: tatoeba (325506)
Showing 4 of 24 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "dragon"?
Closest matches include drake, wyrm, agama, alligator, anole.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "dragon"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.