Standard Lemma guide

mythical

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • mĭth'ĭkəl
  • /ˈmɪθɪkəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: M IH1 TH AH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: M IH1 TH IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Existing in myth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • mythical creature
  • mythical figure
  • mythical hero
  • He told a story about a mythical dragon.
  • The city was compared to a mythical paradise.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not real; false or fabricated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Very rare.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • mythical centaurs
  • the fabulous unicorn

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fabulous, mythic, mythologic, mythological

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin mȳthicus + -al; by surface analysis, myth + -ical.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: դիցաբանական (dicʻabanakan) — existing in myth
  • Armenian: առասպելական (aṙaspelakan) — existing in myth
  • Belarusian: міфі́чны (mifíčny) — existing in myth
  • Belarusian: міты́чны (mitýčny) — existing in myth
  • Bulgarian: мити́чески (mitíčeski) — existing in myth
  • Catalan: mític — existing in myth
  • Czech: bájný — existing in myth
  • Czech: mytický — existing in myth
  • Dutch: mythisch — existing in myth
  • Esperanto: mita — existing in myth
  • Finnish: myyttinen — existing in myth
  • French: mythique — existing in myth
  • Galician: mítico — existing in myth
  • Georgian: მითიური (mitiuri) — existing in myth
  • German: mythisch — existing in myth
  • Greek: μυθικός (mythikós) — existing in myth
  • Ancient Greek: μυθικός (muthikós) — existing in myth
  • Italian: mitico — existing in myth
  • Italian: leggendario — existing in myth
  • Italian: favoloso — existing in myth
  • Japanese: 神話の (shinwa no) — existing in myth
  • Korean: 신화적 (sinhwajeok) — existing in myth
  • Latin: fabularis — existing in myth
  • Latin: mythicus — existing in myth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mytisk — existing in myth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mytisk — existing in myth
  • Polish: mityczny — existing in myth
  • Portuguese: mítico — existing in myth
  • Russian: мифи́ческий (mifíčeskij) — existing in myth
  • Serbo-Croatian: mȋtskī — existing in myth
  • Slovene: mitski — existing in myth
  • Slovene: mitološki — existing in myth
  • Spanish: mítico — existing in myth
  • Swedish: mytisk — existing in myth
  • Ukrainian: міфі́чний (mifíčnyj) — existing in myth
  • Ukrainian: міти́чний (mitýčnyj) — existing in myth
Real reading context

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