5 synonyms
| # | คำพ้องความหมาย | ชนิดของคำ | ความคล้ายคลึง | คำอธิบาย |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | incubus | noun | 85% | Historically, a malevolent male demon believed to visit sleeping people, particularly women, to have sexual intercourse with them. Today, it is used as a classical or literary term for a nightmare-inducing entity. |
| 2 | succubus | noun | 80% | The female counterpart to the incubus, this folklore demon visits sleeping men. It is used in historical, mythological, or fantasy contexts to describe a seductive yet draining nocturnal entity. |
| 3 | night-hag | noun | 90% | A traditional folklore term referring to a withered old woman or spirit believed to sit on the chest of sleepers, causing suffocation. It is highly specific to the physical sensation of chest pressure during sleep paralysis. |
| 4 | nocturnal phantom | noun | 75% | A more poetic and less medically specific term that describes any spooky, spectral figure seen or felt during the night. It has a mysterious, literary tone. |
| 5 | hypnagogic hallucination | noun | 88% | The scientific and medical term for the vivid, often terrifying sensory experiences that occur while falling asleep. It strips away the supernatural elements to describe the clinical reality of the phenomenon. |