nixie

noun

Definition of nixienext
as in fairy

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Recent Examples of nixie This full function clock created by electronico is crafted from vintage nixie tubes. — Laura Grace Weldon, WIRED, 8 Mar. 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nixie
  1. fairy
  2. goblin
  3. elf
  4. changeling
  5. little people
  6. troll
  7. faerie
  8. gnome
Noun
  • Fill yours with soft fairy lights, autumn potpourri, or Halloween candy.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The countless repetitions give you the most beautiful art form where swans glide, fairies dance and every year a giant nutcracker appears.
    — Chrissie Leong, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of fairy
Noun
  • Two years ago, the Man City phenom appeared in a 90-second spot for the game that saw him get recruited to storm a castle teeming with goblins, dragons and impish skeletons.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 June 2026
  • Follow the babe with the power into Jim Henson’s gloriously weird fantasy wonderland, where goblins sing, doors argue, and David Bowie’s Goblin King serves enough glam-rock charisma to power an entire kingdom.
    — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 24 June 2026
Definition of goblin
Noun
  • Just over a year after its acquisition, Hailey Bieber's brand contributed $160 million in quarterly sales of a total $479 million—as sales of elf's namesake brand slipped.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Reading allows children to live in a vibrant world, surrounded by fairies, elves and talking animals, transporting them to places where the impossible becomes real.
    — Michelle Kearney, The Conversation, 7 July 2026
Definition of elf
Noun
  • Is the baby really a baby, or has it been replaced by a changeling?
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Like a changeling—a motif that recurs throughout the novel—the old narrator has been taken and replaced by someone new.
    — Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2025
Definition of changeling
Noun
  • The little people came out and worked well, but how was this any different from his previous appearances?
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Just as Odysseus and his men defeat the cyclops by putting out his eye, so these little people defeat the doctor by breaking his glasses.
    — Jim Beckerman, USA Today, 22 July 2026
Definition of little people
Noun
  • Visitors wander at their own pace in search of enormous trolls hidden among the trees, along the riverbank, and across gentle hills.
    — Lisa Greissinger, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The mogul has only become a greater cultural lightning rod since then with a relentless series of social media trolls and the platforming of numerous conspiracy theories.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of troll
Noun
  • Maeve learns that the legends she was raised on — stories of faeries, kelpies and seelies — are actually true.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
  • The plays are set in locations as varied as courts, forests, battlefields, and even the realm of faerie.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of faerie
Noun
  • Forza was trained by Brian Myers, Bear Bronson and Pat Buck and regards herself to be a lawn gnome aficionado.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • This hanging gnome decoration lives up to the sassy, saucy personality commensurate with garden gnomes.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2026
Definition of gnome

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