7 definitions found for mythical

mythical 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]

mythical 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

mythical 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

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.

mythical a. See mythic

mythical ˈmɪθɪkəl adj. 1 mythic, mythological, fabled, legendary, traditional, folkloric, storied, romantic, fairy-tale, story-book; allegorical, symbolic, parabolic(al): Campbell has demonstrated astounding similarities amongst the mythical tales of unrelated cultures. 2 mythic, fanciful, imaginary, fictitious, make-believe, made-up, chimerical, untrue: When she was about seven, my daughter had a mythical friend named Theodosia.

83 Moby Thesaurus words for "mythical": 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