| Meaning | (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden. |
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| Example | "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water" |
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| Category | classical mythology | The system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together |
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| Narrower | Daphne | (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo |
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| Echo | (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained |
| Hesperides, Atlantides | (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded / guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera |
| Hyades | (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades |
| Oread | (Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs |
| Pleiades | (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades |
| Salmacis | nymph who merged with Hermaphroditus to form one body |
| Sterope, Asterope | (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades |
| dryad, wood nymph | A deity or nymph of the woods |
| water nymph | (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water |
| Broader | Greco-Roman deity, Graeco-Roman deity | A deity of classical mythology |
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| Spanish | ninfa |
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| Catalan | nimfa |
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