Define the word mythological"Mythological" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Mythologic \Myth`o*log"ic\, Mythological \Myth`o*log"ic*al\, a.
[L. mythologicus: cf. F. mytholigique.]
1. Of or pertaining to mythology or to myths; as,
mythological creatures. -- Myth`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
2. based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking
factual basis or historical validity; mythical; fabulous.
Syn: fabulous, mythic, mythical.
[WordNet 1.5]
"mythological" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
mythological
adj 1: based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual
basis or historical validity; "mythical centaurs";
"the fabulous unicorn" [syn: fabulous, mythic, mythical,
mythologic]
2: of or relating to mythology; dealt with in myths;
"mythological stories"
"mythological" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "mythological":
acknowledged, admitted, allegoric, conventional, customary,
established, fabulous, fictional, fictitious, fictive, figmental,
fixed, folk, hallowed, handed down, heroic, hoary, immemorial,
inveterate, legendary, long-established, long-standing,
make-believe, mythic, mythicized, mythified, mythopoeic,
mythopoetic, nonactual, nonfactual, nonrealistic, of long standing,
of the folk, oral, parabolic, prescriptive, received, recognized,
romantic, romanticized, rooted, time-honored, traditional,
tried and true, true-blue, understood, unwritten, venerable,
worshipful
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