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

5 senses of siren

Sense 1
Siren -- (a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived; "Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song")
       => sea nymph -- ((Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus)

Sense 2
enchantress, temptress, siren, Delilah, femme fatale -- (a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive)
       => woman, adult female -- (an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted")

Sense 3
siren -- (a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound)
       => alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum -- (an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger)

Sense 4
siren -- (an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning)
       => acoustic device -- (a device for amplifying or transmitting sound)
       => alarm, warning device, alarm system -- (a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event)

Sense 5
siren -- (eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills)
       => salamander -- (any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed)