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Synonyms & Antonyms of mythical
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 for mythical
Words Related to mythical
- chimerical
- (also chimeric),
- fabricated,
- fantastic
- (also fantastical),
- fictional,
- fictitious
- allegorical,
- mythological
- (also mythologic)
Near Antonyms for mythical
2
not real and existing only in the imagination
- the mythical unicorn
Synonyms for mythical
- chimerical
- (also chimeric),
- fabulous,
- fanciful,
- fantasied,
- fantastic
- (also fantastical),
- fictional,
- fictitious,
- ideal,
- imaginal,
- imaginary,
- imagined,
- invented,
- made-up,
- make-believe,
- notional,
- phantasmal,
- phantasmic,
- phantom,
- pretend,
- unreal,
- visionary
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The first known use of mythical was in 1610
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