Mythological

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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