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mythical

/ˈmɪθɪkəl/

mythical adjective: existing in myth.

Adjective

mythical (comparative more mythical, superlative most mythical)

  1. Existing in myth.
    • mythical creature
    • mythical figure
  2. (broadly) Not real; false or fabricated.
  3. Very rare.

mythical meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

mythical in Hindi

mythical
मिथक mithak

mythical in Urdu

mythical
اسطوری ustūrī
mythical, legendary, fabulous
اساطیری asātīrī

mythical in Bengali

পৌরাণিক, কাল্পনিক, উপকথা সংক্রান্ত

mythical in Malayalam

അയാഥാർത്ഥമായ, പുരാണകഥകളെ സംബന്ധിച്ച
More languagesFewer languages
mythical in Sanskrit
सुपर्ण suparṇá

Examples of mythical in a sentence

  • He told a story about a mythical dragon.
  • The city was compared to a mythical paradise.

All 39 example sentences with mythical

Synonyms of mythical

Forms of mythical

comparativemore mythical
superlativemost mythical

Origin of mythical

From Latin mȳthicus + -al; by surface analysis, myth + -ical.

Words formed from mythical

Questions about mythical

What does mythical mean?
Mythical means existing in myth.
What is mythical in Hindi?
Mythical in Hindi is मिथक (mithak). See Mythical meaning in Hindi.
How do you use mythical in a sentence?
He told a story about a mythical dragon.
What part of speech is mythical?
Mythical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce mythical?
Mythical is pronounced /ˈmɪθɪkəl/.

Words near mythical in the dictionary

  1. mythering
  2. mythers
  3. mythes
  4. mythi
  5. mythic
  6. mythical
  7. mythicalism
  8. mythicality
  9. mythically
  10. mythicalness
  11. mythicisation

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mythical (page history and authors); मिथक (Hindi) (page history and authors); اساطیری (Urdu) (page history and authors); mythical (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mythical (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सुपर्ण (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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