Definition of Sphinx

  • 1. An inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret Noun
  • 2. (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon Noun
  • 3. One of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians Noun

Morphology of "sphinx"

  • sphinges

Semanticaly linked words with "sphinx"

Hyponims for word "sphinx"