folklore A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
synonym: vampire.
Roget 994:
sorcerer,
magician;
thaumaturgist†,
theurgist;
conjuror,
necromancer,
seer,
wizard,
witch;
hoodoo,
voodoo;
fairy
etc.
980;
lamia†,
hag.
warlock,
charmer,
exorcist,
mage†;
cunning man,
medicine man;
Shaman,
figure flinger,
ecstatica†;
medium,
clairvoyant,
fortune teller;
mesmerist;
deus ex machina [Lat.];
soothsayer
etc.
513.
Katerfelto,
Cagliostro,
Mesmer,
Rosicrucian;
Circe,
siren,
weird sisters.
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Roget 980:
demon,
daemon,
demonry†,
demonology;
evil genius,
fiend,
familiar,
daeva†,
devil;
bad spirit,
unclean spirit;
cacodemon†,
incubus,
Eblis,
shaitan†,
succubus,
succuba;
Frankenstein's monster;
Titan,
Shedim,
Mephistopheles,
Asmodeus†,
Moloch,
Belial,
Ahriman†;
fury,
harpy;
Friar Rush.
vampire,
ghoul;
afreet†,
barghest†,
Loki;
ogre,
ogress;
gnome,
gin,
jinn,
imp,
deev†,
lamia†;
bogie,
bogeyman,
bogle†;
nis†,
kobold†,
flibbertigibbet,
fairy,
brownie,
pixy,
elf,
dwarf,
urchin;
Puck,
Robin Goodfellow;
leprechaun,
Cluricaune†,
troll,
dwerger†,
sprite,
ouphe†,
bad fairy,
nix,
nixie,
pigwidgeon†,
will-o'-the wisp.
[Supernatural appearance]
ghost,
revenant,
specter,
apparition,
spirit,
shade,
shadow,
vision;
hobglobin,
goblin,
orc;
wraith,
spook,
boggart†,
banshee,
loup-garou [Fr.],
lemures†;
evil eye.
merman,
mermaid,
merfolk†;
siren;
satyr,
faun;
manito†,
manitou,
manitu.
possession,
demonic possession,
diabolic possession;
insanity
etc.
503.
[in jest, in science]
Maxwell's demon.
[person possessed by a demon]
demoniac.
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Dutch: lamia, vampier, vampirella, vrouwelijk monster
Polish: krwiopijca, wampir