legendary

legendary
I (famous) adjective acclaimed, celebrated, distinguished, eminent, epic, esteemed, exalted, fabled, famed, famous, heroic, illustrious, memorable, notable, outstanding, renowned II (fictitious) adjective apocryphal, fabled, fanciful, fictional, figmental, idealistic, imagined, mythological, storied, uncanonical, unhistorical, unwritten III index famous, fictitious, nonexistent, proverbial

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  • legendary — (unlike mythical) means much more than ‘belonging to legend (or myth)’, it speaks of greatness and romance: • Many tales arose out of this legendary mountain The Times, 2002. It is best kept for people and achievements that belong to the past or… …   Modern English usage

  • Legendary — Leg end*a*ry (l[e^]j [e^]n*d[asl]*r[y^]), a. Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends; consisting of legends; like a legend; fabulous. Legendary writers. Bp. Lloyd. [1913 Webster] Legendary stories of nurses and old women. Bourne. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Legendary — Título Legendary Ficha técnica Dirección Mel Damski Guion John Posey Legendary es una película de drama de 2010 dirigida por Mel Damski. protagonizada por D …   Wikipedia Español

  • Legendary — Leg end*a*ry, n. [Cf. OF. legendaire, LL. legendarius.] 1. A book of legends; a tale or narrative. [1913 Webster] Read the Countess of Pembroke s Arcadia, a gallant legendary full of pleasurable accidents. James I. [1913 Webster] 2. One who… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • legendary — [adj1] fictitious but well known allegorical, apocryphal, created, customary, doubtful, dubious, fabled, fabricated, fabulous, fanciful, figmental, handed down, imaginary, imaginative, improbable, invented, mythical, mythological, related,… …   New thesaurus

  • legendary — (adj.) mid 16c., from M.L. legendarius, from legenda (see LEGEND (Cf. legend)). Earlier it was a noun meaning a collection of legends (1510s) …   Etymology dictionary

  • legendary — mythical, apocryphal, fabulous, *fictitious …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • legendary — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of, described in, or based on legends. 2) remarkable enough to be famous. DERIVATIVES legendarily adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • legendary — [lej′ən der΄ē] adj. 1. of, based on, or presented in legends 2. a) remarkable; extraordinary b) well known; famous SYN. FICTITIOUS …   English World dictionary

  • Legendary — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Legendary peut faire référence à : Legendary (jeu vidéo) Legendary (film), un film américain sorti en 2010; Legendary Classics, un Best of de R.A.… …   Wikipédia en Français

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