Another word for legendary
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Adjective
Of or existing only in myths
- Extremely pleasing or successful:
- Of or like a fable; imaginary, fictitious, or legendary
- Barely credible; astonishing:
- Of, or having the nature of, a myth or myths
- Mythical
- (By extension) not real; false or fabricated.
- Mythic
- Of or existing in myth:
- (Mythology) Of or pertaining to mythology
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Another word for legendary
Modifier
Traditional
Probably fictitious
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Synonym Study
- Apocryphal suggests that which is of doubtful authenticity or authorship
- 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
- Fabulous suggests that which is incredible or astounding, but does not necessarily connote nonexistence the man's wealth is fabulous
- Fictitious refers to that which is invented by the imagination and is therefore not real, true, or actually existent Gulliver is a fictitious character
- 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
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