fictitious, fabulous, legendary, mythical, apocryphal mean having the nature of something imagined or invented. fictitious implies fabrication and suggests artificiality or contrivance more than deliberate falsification or deception.
1. pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth. 2. dealt with in myth, as a prehistoric period. 3. existing only in myth or legend. 4. without foundation in fact; fictitious: a mythical explanation.
Definition of mythical adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Something or someone that is mythical exists only in myths and is therefore imaginary. ...the Hydra, the mythical beast that had seven or more heads. ...traditional stories woven around a pantheon of gods and mythical figures.