a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 14
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myth |
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hypernym
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sample sentences
"a novel of almost mythic consequence"
based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity
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fabulous |
mythic |
mythical |
mythologic |
mythological |
sample sentences
"mythical centaurs""the fabulous unicorn"
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derivationally related form
lexical pointers
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similar to
based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 12
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 12
fabulous |
mythic |
mythical |
mythologic |
mythological |
sample sentences
"mythical centaurs""the fabulous unicorn"
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hyponym
hypernym
instance hyponym
Augeas
Alcyone, Halcyon
Arjuna
Scylla
Stentor
Dardanus
Ganymede
Hyperborean
Niobe
Perseus
Andromeda
Cepheus
Cassiopeia
Midas
Sisyphus
Narcissus
Nibelung
Bellerophon
Paris
Patroclus
Pegasus
Sarpedon
Siegfried
Sigurd
Enkidu
Gilgamish
Sita
Hero
Leander
Pygmalion
Galatea
Romulus
Remus
Daedalus, Daedal
Icarus
Procrustes
Eurydice
Orion
Orpheus
Psyche
Hercules, Heracles, Herakles, Alcides
Pandora
Fenrir
Volund
Yggdrasil, Ygdrasil
Ymir
Wayland, Wayland the Smith, Wieland
Ajax
Valkyrie
Jason
Medea
Laertes
Odysseus
Ulysses
Penelope
Theseus
Tantalus
Achilles
Aeneas
Atreus
Agamemnon
Menelaus
Iphigenia
Clytemnestra
Aegisthus
Orestes
Antigone
Creon
Jocasta
Electra
Laocoon
Laius
Myrmidon
Oedipus, King Oedipus, Oedipus Rex
Tiresias
Peleus
Hector
Helen, Helen of Troy
Leda
Priam
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hypernym
hyponym
legendary creature
amphisbaena
basilisk
centaur
Cerberus, hellhound
Chimera, Chimaera
cockatrice
dragon, firedrake
Geryon
Gorgon
gryphon, griffin, griffon
Harpy
Hydra
leviathan
manticore, mantichora, manticora, mantiger
Minotaur
Nemean lion
roc
salamander
Sphinx
troll
Typhoeus
Typhon
werewolf, wolfman, lycanthrope, loup-garou
instance hyponym
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
legendary creature
amphisbaena
basilisk
centaur
Cerberus, hellhound
Chimera, Chimaera
cockatrice
dragon, firedrake
Geryon
Gorgon
gryphon, griffin, griffon
Harpy
Hydra
leviathan
manticore, mantichora, manticora, mantiger
Minotaur
Nemean lion
roc
salamander
Sphinx
troll
Typhoeus
Typhon
werewolf, wolfman, lycanthrope, loup-garou
instance hyponym
a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings
<noun.cognition>
<noun.cognition>
fictitious place |
imaginary place |
mythical place |
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hypernym
hyponym
afterworld
Annwfn, Annwn
Asgard
Atlantis
Brobdingnag
cloud-cuckoo-land
Cockaigne
El Dorado, eldorado
fairyland, faerie, faery
Heaven
Elysium
Hell, Hades, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld
Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit
Houyhnhnms
Laputa
Lilliput
limbo
limbo
Midgard
never-never land, dreamland, dreamworld
purgatory
Ruritania
spirit world
Utopia, Zion, Sion
wonderland
sample sentences
"The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66"verb frames
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antonym
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"mythicize the ancient stories"verb frames
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"The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66"verb frames
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antonym
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"mythicize the ancient stories"verb frames
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hypernym
based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 12
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 12
fabulous |
mythic |
mythical |
mythologic |
mythological |
sample sentences
"mythical centaurs""the fabulous unicorn"
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
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similar to
based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 12
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 12
fabulous |
mythic |
mythical |
mythologic |
mythological |
sample sentences
"mythical centaurs""the fabulous unicorn"
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
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similar to
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
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hypernym
sample sentences
"The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
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antonym
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hypernym
sample sentences
"The poet mythologized that the King had three sons"verb frames
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hypernym
sample sentences
"The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
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antonym
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sample sentences
"The poet mythologized that the King had three sons"verb frames
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myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
mythology |
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member of this domain (topic)
Annwfn, Annwn
mythology
diffusion
Arjuna
Nibelung
Nibelung
Siegfried
Wayland, Wayland the Smith, Wieland
Teutonic deity
Anglo-Saxon deity
Brunhild, Brunnhilde, Brynhild
thunderbird
member meronym
hypernym
hyponym
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hypernym
domain of synset (topic)
marine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell; live attached to solid objects especially in intertidal zones
<noun.animal>
<noun.animal>
marine mussel |
mytilid |
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hypernym
member holonym
hyponym
hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration
<noun.state>
<noun.state>
myxedema |
myxoedema |
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hypernym
bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste
<noun.animal>
<noun.animal>
gliding bacteria |
myxobacter |
myxobacteria |
myxobacterium |
slime bacteria |
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hypernym
member holonym
bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste
<noun.animal>
<noun.animal>
gliding bacteria |
myxobacter |
myxobacteria |
myxobacterium |
slime bacteria |
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hypernym
member holonym
bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste
<noun.animal>
<noun.animal>
gliding bacteria |
myxobacter |
myxobacteria |
myxobacterium |
slime bacteria |
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hypernym
member holonym
hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration
<noun.state>
<noun.state>
myxedema |
myxoedema |
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hypernym
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a poxvirus closely related to smallpox virus; causes benign gelatinous tumors in humans
<noun.animal>
<noun.animal>
myxoma virus |
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hypernym
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hypernym
a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes
<noun.plant>
<noun.plant>
acellular slime mold |
myxomycete |
plasmodial slime mold |
true slime mold |
any of a group of RNA viruses including those that cause influenza and mumps
<noun.animal>
<noun.animal>
myxovirus |