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

2 senses of sylph

Sense 1
sylph -- (a slender graceful young woman)
       => woman, adult female -- (an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted")

Sense 2
sylph -- (an elemental being believed to inhabit the air)
       => imaginary being, imaginary creature -- (a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction)