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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity; "mythical centaurs"; "the fabulous unicorn" [syn: fabulous, mythic, mythical, mythologic, mythological]

Merriam Webster's

or mythic adjective Date: 1669 1. based on or described in a myth especially as contrasted with history 2. (usually mythical) existing only in the imagination ; fictitious, imaginary <constructed a mythical all-star team> 3. (usually mythic) having qualities suitable to myth ; legendary <the twilight of a mythic professional career — Clayton Riley> Synonyms: see fictitious • mythically adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mythic Myth"ic, Mythical Myth"ic*al, a. [L. mythicus, Gr. ?. See Myth.] Of or relating to myths; described in a myth; of the nature of a myth; fabulous; imaginary; fanciful. -- Myth"ic*al*ly, adv. The mythic turf where danced the nymphs. --Mrs. Browning. Hengist and Horsa, Vortigern and Rowena, Arthur and Mordred, are mythical persons, whose very existence may be questioned. --Macaulay.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Something or someone that is mythical exists only in myths and is therefore imaginary. ...the Hydra, the mythical beast that had seven or more heads. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. If you describe something as mythical, you mean that it is untrue or does not exist. ...the American West, not the mythical, romanticized West of cowboys and gunslingers, but the real West. ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. See mythic

Moby Thesaurus

acclaimed, allegoric, allegorical, celebrated, chimerical, concocted, cooked-up, created, distinguished, exceptional, extraordinary, fabled, fabricated, fabulous, famed, famous, fancied, fanciful, fantasied, fantastic, far-famed, far-heard, fictional, fictitious, fictive, figmental, forged, hatched, honored, imaginary, indescribable, ineffable, invented, legendary, made-up, make-believe, manufactured, marked, marvelous, much acclaimed, mythic, mythicized, mythified, mythological, mythopoeic, mythopoetic, nonactual, nonfactual, nonrealistic, notable, noted, noteworthy, notorious, of mark, of note, parabolic, phenomenal, popular, portentous, prodigious, put-up, remarkable, renowned, romantic, romanticized, storied, stupefying, stupendous, supposititious, symbolic, talked-about, talked-of, traditional, trumped-up, unexampled, unparalleled, unprecedented, unreal, unspeakable, untrue, visionary, well-known, wonderful