Choose the Right Synonym for mythical

fictitious, fabulous, legendary, mythical, apocryphal mean having the nature of something imagined or invented. fictitious implies fabrication and suggests artificiality or contrivance more than deliberate falsification or deception. fictitious characters fabulous stresses the marvelous or incredible character of something without necessarily implying impossibility or actual nonexistence. a land of fabulous riches legendary suggests the elaboration of invented details and distortion of historical facts produced by popular tradition. the legendary exploits of Davy Crockett mythical implies a purely fanciful explanation of facts or the creation of beings and events out of the imagination. mythical creatures apocryphal implies an unknown or dubious source or origin or may imply that the thing itself is dubious or inaccurate. a book that repeats many apocryphal stories

Examples of mythical in a Sentence

Hercules was a mythical hero who was half man and half god. gods fighting in a mythical battle in the sky The sportswriters picked a mythical all-star team. The benefits of the new policy proved to be mythical.

Recent Examples on the Web The mythical half-snake, half-woman Shahmaran gets its name from Persian. — Lisa Morrow, CNN, 10 May 2022 The story of Bad Bunny’s mythical ascent from a grocery bagger in the small town of Vega Baja to a torchbearer for a new generation of reggaeton and trap artists has become nearly folklore. — New York Times, 6 May 2022 Its cities—Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, and Larkana—seemed mythical, almost magical. — Pooja Makhijani, Bon Appétit, 6 May 2022 The crowd knows the giant likeness of the mythical Pegasus means the Kentucky Derby Festival's longest-running event is underway. — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2022 The stories behind standout University of Cincinnati cornerback Ahmad Gardner are nearly reaching mythical proportions. — Chris Pugh, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2022 Something that doesn’t lean on any particular hero ingredient or claims to be the best at fighting sweat or stands on a mythical moral high ground by using purely natural ingredients. — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2022 One or two companies from a VC fund might reach that mythical unicorn status, and the rest fall by the wayside. — Kevin Dowd, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022 Many parts of the human body are named after their discoverers or other humans, real and mythical, from the Adam’s apple to zonule of Zinn, a ring of fibrous strands found in the eye. — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2022 See More

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