- a mythical monster usually represented as breathing fire and having a scaly reptilian body, wings, claws, and a long tail
- informal derogatory a fierce or intractable person
- any of various very large lizards, esp the Komodo dragon
- chase the dragon ⇒ slang to smoke opium or heroin
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
drag•on /ˈdrægən/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Mythologyan imaginary monster that was supposed to be a huge winged reptile, often spouting fire.
- a fierce, combative person.
drag•on
(drag′ən),USA pronunciation n.
drag′on•ish, adj.
drag′on•like′, adj.
- Mythologya mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- [Archaic.]a huge serpent or snake.
- Biblea large animal, possibly a large snake or crocodile.
- Bible the dragon, Satan.
- a fierce, violent person.
- a very watchful and strict woman.
- ReptilesSee flying dragon.
- Plant Biology[Bot.]any of several araceous plants, as Arisaema dracontium (green dragon or dragonroot,) the flowers of which have a long, slender spadix and a green, shorter spathe.
- Militarya short musket carried by a mounted infantryman in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Militarya soldier armed with such a musket.
- (cap.) [Astron.]the constellation Draco.
- Greek drákōn kind of serpent, probably origin, originally epithet, the (sharp-)sighted one, akin to dérkesthai to look
- Latin dracōn- (stem of dracō)
- Old French
- Middle English 1175–1225
drag′on•like′, adj.
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dragon /ˈdræɡən/ n
'dragon' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bearded dragon
- breathe
- Cadmus
- dragonet
- dragonnade
- dragoon
- drake
- Fafnir
- George
- Hesperides
- jew lizard
- Lee
- mandrake
- oolong
- pendragon
- Python
- rankle
- sea serpent
- Siegfried
- Sigurd
- snapdragon
- Typhoeus
- wyvern
- angel
- Apples of the Hesperides
- arethusa
- basilisk
- Bel and the Dragon
- belch
- dracaena
- Draco
- draconic
- Dracula
- dragging piece
- dragon beam
- dragonfish
- dragonfly
- dragonhead
- dragon lady
- dragon lizard
- dragon piece
- dragonroot
- dragon's blood
- dragon's head
- dragon's mouth
- dragon's tail
- dragon tree
- firedrake
- flapdragon
- flying dragon