legendary

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. fabled, storied; mythological, traditional, historical; unreal, illusory; famous, celebrated, of repute. See imagination, description.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Traditional]

Syn. handed-down, customary, related; see told , traditional 1 .

2. [Probably fictitious]

Syn. fabulous, fabled, fictitious, mythical, mythological, fabricated, fanciful, imaginative, created, invented, allegorical, apocryphal, improbable, imaginary, dubious, doubtful, Romantic, unhistoric, unhistorical, figmental, storied, unverifiable; see also false 2 .

Ant. historical*, historic, actual.

Syn.- legendary refers to something that may have a historical basis in fact but, in popular tradition, has undergone Great elaboration and exaggeration [ the legendary deeds of Robin Hood ] ; fictitious refers to that which is invented by the imagination and is therefore not real, true, or actually existent [ Gulliver is a fictitious character ] ; fabulous suggests that which is incredible or astounding, but does not necessarily connote nonexistence [ the man's wealth is fabulous] ; mythical basically applies to the highly imaginary explanation of natural or historical phenomena by a people and, therefore, connotes that what it qualifies is a product of the imagination; apocryphal suggests that which is of doubtful authenticity or authorship

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. mythical fabled, fanciful, fantastic, fictional, imaginary, traditional, romantic, epic.

2. remarkable immortal, great, celebrated, extraordinary, acclaimed, renowned, heroic.

ANT.: 1. actual, real, true-to-life. 2. commonplace, unremarkable

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Of or existing only in myths: fabulous, mythic, mythical, mythologic, mythological. See REAL.