Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dragon

4 senses of dragon

Sense 1
dragon, firedrake -- (a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings)
       => mythical monster, mythical creature -- (a monster renowned in folklore and myth)

Sense 2
dragon, tartar -- (a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman)
       => unpleasant woman, disagreeable woman -- (a woman who is an unpleasant person)

Sense 3
Draco, Dragon -- (a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus)
       INSTANCE OF=> constellation -- (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Sense 4
dragon, flying dragon, flying lizard -- (any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body)
       => agamid, agamid lizard -- (a lizard of the family Agamidae)