dragon: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with D · ends with N
Meaning of dragon
noun
A mythical reptilian or serpentine creature. In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a lizard-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.
A mythical reptilian or serpentine creature. In Eastern Asian mythologies, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.
An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance: Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.
An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance: A Komodo dragon.
Listed forms: dragons, dwagon.
Source: Wiktionary — dragon.
noun
- slang
Synonym of drag queen.
Listed forms: dragons, dwagon.
Source: Wiktionary — dragon.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for dragon.
noun
a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
- European dragon
- firedrake
noun
a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
noun
any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body
- flying dragon
- flying lizard
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is dragon in our word lists?
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Letter-value score of dragon
D(2) + R(1) + A(1) + G(2) + O(1) + N(1) = 8 points.
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Anagrams of dragon
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from dragon
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