Definition of SATYR

satyr

Meanings

Plural: satyrs

Noun

  • man with strong sexual desires
  • one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns
  • A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured with a perpetual erection.
  • Synonym of faun.
  • A lecherous man.
  • Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.
  • The orangutan.

Origin / Etymology

From French satyre, from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).

Synonyms

faun, forest god, lech, lecher, letch

Scrabble Score: 8

satyr is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
satyr is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
satyr is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

satyr is a valid Words With Friends word