Synonyms for legendary

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1. Traditional

   handed-down, customary, related; see told, traditional 1.

2. Probably fictitious

   fabulous, fabled, fictitious, mythical, mythological, fabricated, fanciful, imaginative, created, invented, allegorical, apocryphal, improbable, imaginary, dubious, doubtful, romantic, unhistoric, unhistorical, figmental, storied, unverifiable; see also false 2.

   Antonyms historical*, historic, actual.

legendary refers to something that may have a historical basis in fact but, in popular tradition, has undergone great elaboration and exaggeration the legendary deeds of Robin Hood; fictitious refers to that which is invented by the imagination and is therefore not real, true, or actually existent Gulliver is a fictitious character; fabulous suggests that which is incredible or astounding, but does not necessarily connote nonexistence the man's wealth is fabulous; mythical basically applies to the highly imaginary explanation of natural or historical phenomena by a people and, therefore, connotes that what it qualifies is a product of the imagination; apocryphal suggests that which is of doubtful authenticity or authorship