He gave his sudden, goblin like grin.
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Goblin
//ˈɡɒb.lɪn//
Synonyms for "goblin" (51 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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6 entriesTranslations
79 translations across 49 languages.
Basque
2 entries- intxisu noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- iratxo noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Breton
1 entries- korrigan noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Bulgarian
2 entries- го́блин noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- таласъ́м noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Catalan
1 entries- follet noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 哥布林 noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- 妖怪 noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Cornish
1 entries- bocka noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Czech
3 entries- skřet noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- skřítek noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- šotek noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Danish
2 entries- nisse noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- trold noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Dutch
2 entries- aardmannetje noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- kobold noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Esperanto
1 entries- koboldo noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Estonian
1 entries- pahared noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Faroese
1 entries- vættur noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Finnish
3 entries- haltija noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- hiisi noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- peikko noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
French
3 entries- farfadet noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- gobelin noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- lutin noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Galician
4 entries- abelurio noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- abutardo noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- papón noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- provizo noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Georgian
1 entries- გობლინი noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
German
1 entries- Kobold noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Greek
2 entries- καλικάντζαρος noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- ξωτικό noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ʻeʻepa pauʻaka noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Hungarian
2 entries- kobold noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- lidérc noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Icelandic
1 entries- svartálfur noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Indonesian
1 entries- hantu noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Irish
1 entries- púca noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Italian
2 entries- folletto noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- goblin noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Japanese
1 entries- ゴブリン noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Korean
2 entries- 고블린 noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- 도깨비 noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Latin
2 entries- cobalus noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- gobelinus noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Malay
1 entries- afrit noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Marathi
1 entries- गॉबलिन noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Middle English
1 entries- pouke noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Māori
2 entries- kākarepō noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- taipo noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- cinok noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- şeytanok noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Norwegian
1 entries- nisse noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Ojibwe
1 entries- wiindigoo noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Old English
1 entries- pūca noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Polish
1 entries- goblin noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Portuguese
4 entries- duende noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- gobelim noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- goblin noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- gobrinho noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Romanian
1 entries- iazmă noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Russian
1 entries- го́блин noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Santali
1 entries- ᱵᱷᱩᱛ noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- goblin noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- гоблин noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Slovene
1 entries- škrat noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Spanish
2 entries- duende noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- trasgo noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Swahili
1 entries- zimwi noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Swedish
1 entries- vätte noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Tagalog
2 entries- patianak noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- tianak noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Turkish
1 entries- küçük şeytan noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Welsh
2 entries- ellyll noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
- ŵyll noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
West-Frisian
1 entries- ierdmantsje noun (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
I dreamed last night that I was chased all around by a fearful goblin with a big layer cake for a head.
Source: tatoeba (5833721)
As Mary entered the joiner's workshop, the goblin became invisible.
Source: tatoeba (7895956)
Tom is a goblin.
Source: tatoeba (10028606)
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