succubus

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: suc=cu=bus

CIDE DICTIONARY

succubus, n. [See Succuba.].

•  A demon or fiend; especially, a lascivious spirit supposed to have sexual intercourse with the men by night; a succuba. Cf. Incubus.  [1913 Webster]
•  The nightmare. See Nightmare, 2.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

succubus, n. (pl. succubi) a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men.

Etymology

LL succuba prostitute, med.L succubus f. succubare (as SUB-, cubare lie)

THESAURUS

succubus

Baba Yaga, Dracula, Frankenstein, Lilith, Satan, Wolf-man, afreet, barghest, bogey, bogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear, cacodemon, daeva, demon, devil, dybbuk, evil genius, evil spirit, fee-faw-fum, fiend, fiend from hell, frightener, genie, genius, ghost, ghoul, gyre, hellion, hobgoblin, holy terror, horror, incubus, jinni, jinniyeh, lamia, monster, nightmare, ogre, ogress, phantom, rakshasa, revenant, satan, scarebabe, scarecrow, scarer, shedu, specter, terror, the undead, vampire, werewolf, yogini

ROGET THESAURUS

succubus

Demon

N 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, ghost, revenant, specter, apparition, spirit, shade, shadow, vision, hobglobin, goblin, orc, wraith, spook, boggart, banshee, loup-garou, lemures, evil eye, merman, mermaid, merfolk, siren, satyr, faun, manito, manitou, manitu, possession, demonic possession, diabolic possession, insanity, Maxwell's demon, demoniac, demonic, demonical, impish, demoniacal, fiendish, fiend-like, supernatural, weird, uncanny, unearthly, spectral, ghostly, ghost-like, elfin, elvin, elfish, elflike, haunted, pokerish, possessed, possessed by a devil, possessed by a demon, demonically.