Entry Word: mythical

Function: adjective

Meaning:

or mythic

1 based on, described in, or being a myth <for years the Spanish conquistadors searched for the mythical El Dorado, a place of unimaginable riches>

Synonyms fabled, fabulous, legendary

Related Words famed, romanticized, storied; fabricated, fantastic, fantastical, fictional, fictitious; fanciful; allegorical, mythological

Near Antonyms actual, real; historical; factual, true

2 not real and existing only in the imagination <the mythical unicorn> — see imaginary