Search Result for "goblin": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings;
[syn: goblin, hob, hobgoblin]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Goblin \Gob"lin\, n. [OE. gobelin, F. gobelin, LL. gobelinus, fr. Gr. ? knave, a mischievous goblin; or cf. G. kobold, E. kobold, cobalt, Armor. gobilin an ignis fatuus, goblin.] An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome. [1913 Webster] To whom the goblin, full of wrath, replied. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

goblin n 1: (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings [syn: goblin, hob, hobgoblin]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "goblin": Ariel, Befind, Corrigan, Finnbeara, Mab, Oberon, Titania, banshee, brownie, cluricaune, demon, dwarf, elf, fairy, fairy queen, fay, gnome, gremlin, hob, hobgoblin, imp, kobold, leprechaun, nix, nixie, ouphe, peri, pixie, pooka, puca, pwca, sprite, sylph, sylphid