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

2 senses of houri

Sense 1
nymph, houri -- (a voluptuously beautiful young woman)
       => woman, adult female -- (an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted")

Sense 2
houri -- ((Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise)
       => mythical being -- (an imaginary being of myth or fable)

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