MYTHICAL: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for MYTHICAL?

Need another word that means the same as “mythical”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “mythical” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Mythical” are: fabulous, mythic, mythologic, mythological, legendary, fabled, chimerical, heroic, ancient, traditional, romantic, imaginary, fictitious, make-believe, fanciful, fabricated, made-up, unreal, untrue

Mythical as an Adjective

Definitions of "Mythical" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “mythical” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Fictitious.
• Occurring in or characteristic of myths or folk tales.
• Based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity.
• Idealized, especially with reference to the past.

Synonyms of "Mythical" as an adjective (19 Words)

ancient	Very old. Ancient forests.
chimerical	Produced by a wildly fanciful imagination- Douglas Bush. His Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists.
fabled	Famous, especially by reputation. The fabled kingdom.
fabricated	Formed or conceived by the imagination. A fabricated excuse for his absence.
fabulous	Very good; wonderful. A fabulous vacation.
fanciful	Over-imaginative and unrealistic. A fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers.
fictitious	Occurring in or invented for fiction. A fictitious address.
heroic	(of language or a work of art) grand or grandiose in scale or intention. They took heroic measures to save his life.
imaginary	Not based on fact; existing only in the imagination. A small child s imaginary friends.
legendary	Remarkable enough to be famous; very well known. Legendary exploits of Jesse James.
made-up	Having been paved.
make-believe	Imagined as in a play.
mythic	Mythical. Mythic creatures.
mythologic	Based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity.
mythological	Based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity. The tree of life is one of the oldest of all mythological symbols.
romantic	Relating to or denoting the artistic and literary movement of romanticism. The romantic tradition.
traditional	(of jazz) in the style of the early 20th century. The traditional drinks in the clubhouse.
unreal	Lacking material form or substance unreal. Ghosts and other unreal entities.
untrue	Not according with the facts. A malicious and untrue story.

Usage Examples of "Mythical" as an adjective

• Mythical centaurs.
• One of Denmark's greatest mythical heroes.
• A mythical age of contentment and social order.
• A mythical customer whose name appears in brochures promoting the bank's services.

Associations of "Mythical" (30 Words)

arcane	Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge. Arcane procedures for electing people.
centaur	A conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross.
chimera	A thing which is hoped for but is illusory or impossible to achieve. The sheeplike goat chimera.
chimerical	Being or relating to or like a chimera- Douglas Bush. His Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists.
deification	The elevation of a person (as to the status of a god. The capitalists deification of capital.
dragon	A mythical monster like a giant reptile In European tradition the dragon is typically fire breathing and tends to symbolize chaos or evil whereas in East Asia it is usually a beneficent symbol of fertility associated with water and the heavens. The geography teacher was a real dragon.
dryad	A dark brown Eurasian butterfly with two prominent bluish eyespots on each forewing.
dwarf	A person who is of unusually or abnormally small stature because of a congenital condition a person affected by dwarfism. The lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines.
fabled	Celebrated in fable or legend. A fabled art collection.
fabulous	Based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity. Fabulous creatures.
fairy	A small imaginary being of human form that has magical powers, especially a female one. Fairy gold.
faun	One of a class of lustful rural gods, represented as a man with a goat’s horns, ears, legs, and tail.
giant	Used in names of very large animals and plants e g giant hogweed giant tortoise. A giant meteorite.
gnome	A legendary dwarfish creature supposed to guard the earth’s treasures underground. The gnomes of Zurich.
hero	(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her. RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain.
incredible	Beyond belief or understanding. The noise from the crowd was incredible.
legend	An extremely famous or notorious person, especially in a particular field. See legend to Fig 1.
legendary	So celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend. Her wisdom in matters of childbirth was legendary.
miracle	A remarkable event or development that brings very welcome consequences. The miracle of rising from the grave.
mystery	Something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain. What happened after he left home that day remains a mystery.
myth	An exaggerated or idealized conception of a person or thing. Nobody had ever heard of Simon s mysterious friend Anna said he was a myth.
mythological	Relating to, based on, or appearing in myths or mythology. The tree of life is one of the oldest of all mythological symbols.
mythology	Myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person. This field includes archaeology comparative mythology and folklore.
noted	Widely known and esteemed. The restaurant is noted for its high standards of cuisine.
phoenix	A legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years. I m that phoenix the old fashioned family doctor.
saga	A long story of heroic achievement, especially a medieval prose narrative in Old Norse or Old Icelandic. Launching into the saga of her engagement.
satyr	A satyrid butterfly with chiefly dark brown wings. Charles was an unmarried satyr.
sylph	An elemental being believed to inhabit the air. An oh so slim sylph dressed in a black leotard.
tale	A fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted. A delightful children s tale.
unicorn	A heraldic representation of a unicorn with a twisted horn a deer s feet a goat s beard and a lion s tail. Team entries comprised two fours three unicorns and a three abreast.