All hobgoblin synonyms

noun hobgoblin

• puck — Also called Hobgoblin, Robin Goodfellow. a particularly mischievous sprite in English folklore who appears as a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
• brownie — Brownies are small flat biscuits or cakes. They are usually chocolate flavoured and have nuts in them.
• bogeyman — A bogeyman is someone whose ideas or actions are disapproved of by some people, and who is described by them as evil or unpleasant in order to make other people afraid.
• pixie — a fairy or sprite, especially a mischievous one.
• imp — a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
• leprechaun — a dwarf or sprite.
• fairy — (in folklore) one of a class of supernatural beings, generally conceived as having a diminutive human form and possessing magical powers with which they intervene in human affairs.
• fay — a female given name, form of Faith.
• sprite — an elf, fairy, or goblin.
• elf — A supernatural creature of folk tales, typically represented as a small, elusive figure in human form with pointed ears, magical powers, and a capricious nature.
• goblin — a grotesque sprite or elf that is mischievous or malicious toward people.
• gremlin — a mischievous invisible being, said by airplane pilots in World War II to cause engine trouble and mechanical difficulties.
• bugbear — Something or someone that is your bugbear worries or upsets you.