water nymph

Questions about water nymph

What does water nymph mean?

water nymph means "submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for water nymph?

Close synonyms include naiad, fragrant water lily, pond lily, Nymphaea odorata, water sprite. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is water nymph a common word?

water nymph is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.