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myth·i·cal
 mythical
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- pronunciation:
- mI
thih
k
 l
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
concerning, involving, resembling, or portrayed in a myth or myths.
- synonyms:
- epic, fabled, fabulous, legendary, mythological
- antonyms:
- historical
- similar words:
- heroic, tall
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| definition 2: |
imaginary, fictitious, or not existing in fact.
a mythical creature- synonyms:
- fictional, fictitious, imaginary, invented, make-believe, unreal
- similar words:
- fabled, fanciful, fantastic, legendary, tall
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| related words: |
fabulous, fictitious, heroic, utopian |
adverb + (adj.)mythical
almost, largely
(adj.)mythical
+ noun
account,
ancestor,
animal,
battle,
beast,
being,
bird,
championship,
character,
correspondence,
cowboy,
creature,
culture,
dimension,
discourse,
dragon,
embodiment,
event,
factory,
female,
figure,
founder,
giant,
goddess,
hero,
homeland,
identity,
image,
imagery,
island,
journey,
king,
land,
lion,
meaning,
monster,
motif,
namesake,
narration,
narrative,
origin,
paradise,
past,
perch,
place,
proportion,
quality,
reality,
realm,
reference,
representation,
revolution,
significance,
stature,
status,
structure,
symbol,
tale,
theme,
tradition,
twin,
unicorn,
vision,
warrior
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| derivations: |
mythic (adj.), mythically (adv.) |
The word mythical
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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