Death is a chimera: because while I exist, death does not exist; and when there is death, I no longer exist.
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Chimera
//kaɪˈmɪɹə//
Synonyms for "chimera" (88 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (44)
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6 entriesAntonyms
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3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriescoordinate
4 entriesderived
15 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
Translations
109 translations across 41 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- Χίμαιρα name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- χίμαιρα name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
Armenian
4 entries- քիմեր name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- պատրանք noun (foolish thought, product of the imagination)
- ցնորք noun (foolish thought, product of the imagination)
- քիմերա noun (foolish thought, product of the imagination)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- Ximera name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
Breton
1 entries- Kimera name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
Bulgarian
2 entries- химера name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- химе́ра noun (foolish thought, product of the imagination)
Catalan
3 entries- quimera name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- quimera noun (foolish thought, product of the imagination)
- quimera noun (organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 喀邁拉 /喀迈拉 name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- 嵌合體 /嵌合体 noun (organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes)
Czech
3 entries- Chiméra name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- chiméra noun (foolish thought, product of the imagination)
- chiméra noun (organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes)
Danish
2 entries- Kimære name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- kimære name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
Dutch
2 entries- chimaera noun (organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes)
- chimère noun (foolish thought, product of the imagination)
Esperanto
3 entries- ĥimero name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- ĥimero noun (foolish thought, product of the imagination)
- ĥimero noun (fish in the subclass Holocephali)
Estonian
2 entries- Kimäär name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- kimäär name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
Finnish
4 entries- Khimaira name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- khimaira name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- groteski noun (grotesque resembling a gargoyle)
- harha noun (foolish thought, product of the imagination)
French
4 entries- Chimère name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- chimère name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- chimère noun (foolish thought, product of the imagination)
- chimère noun (organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes)
Galician
1 entries- Quimera name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
German
3 entries- Chimäre name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- Chimäre noun (organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes)
- Schimäre noun (foolish thought, product of the imagination)
Greek
4 entries- Χίμαιρα name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- χίμαιρα name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- χίμαιρα noun (foolish thought, product of the imagination)
- χίμαιρα noun (organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes)
Greenlandic
1 entries- Kimære name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
Hebrew
1 entries- כימרה name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
Hungarian
2 entries- Kiméra name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- kiméra noun (foolish thought, product of the imagination)
Ido
1 entries- kimero name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
Indonesian
1 entries- Khimaira name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᕿᒦᕋ name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
Irish
2 entries- ciméara noun (foolish thought, product of the imagination)
- ciméara noun (organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes)
Italian
3 entries- chimera name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- chimera noun (foolish thought, product of the imagination)
- chimera noun (fish in the subclass Holocephali)
Japanese
4 entries- キマイラ name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- キメラ name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- キメラ noun (organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes)
- 寄り合い所帯 noun (anything composed of very disparate parts)
Korean
2 entries- 키마이라 name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- 키메라 name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
Latin
1 entries- Chimaera name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
Macedonian
1 entries- химера name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
Norwegian
2 entries- Khimaira name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- Kimære name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
Persian
4 entries- شیمر name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- کایْمِرا name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- آمیژه noun (organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes)
- شترگاوپلنگ noun (any similarly fantastic creature formed of parts from different animals)
Polish
4 entries- Chimera name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- chimera noun (foolish thought, product of the imagination)
- chimera noun (organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes)
- chimera noun (fish in the subclass Holocephali)
Portuguese
4 entries- Quimera name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- quimera name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- gárgula noun (grotesque resembling a gargoyle)
- quimera noun (foolish thought, product of the imagination)
Russian
4 entries- химе́ра name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- химе́ра noun (foolish thought, product of the imagination)
- химе́ра noun (grotesque resembling a gargoyle)
- химе́ра noun (organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- Himera name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- himera name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- Химера name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- химера name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
Spanish
2 entries- quimera name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- quimera noun (foolish thought, product of the imagination)
Swedish
4 entries- Chimaira name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- chimaira name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- chimära name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
- kimera name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
Tagalog
1 entries- kimera name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
Thai
1 entries- คิเมียรา name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
Turkish
1 entries- Kimera name (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)
Ukrainian
3 entries- химера noun (any similarly fantastic creature formed of parts from different animals)
- химера noun (foolish thought, product of the imagination)
- химера noun (organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
Genetic testing revealed that the man was a chimera, having 2 different sets of DNA in different parts of his body.
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Sometimes I found myself doubting whether it was not all some dream or some strange chimera of my unbalanced brain.
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...beestis clepid chymeres, that han a part of ech beest, and suche ben not, no but oonly in opynyoun...
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