Myth

//mɪθ//

Synonyms for "myth" (109 found)

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Closest matches (22)

Strong matches (33)

Related words (54)

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More specific

16 entries

Antonyms

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Related terms

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capable of

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derived

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distinct from

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is a

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related to

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Translations

164 translations across 84 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • mite noun (divine story)
  • mite noun (commonly-held but false belief)

Albanian

1 entries
  • mit noun (divine story)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • μῦθος noun (divine story)

Arabic

2 entries
  • أُسْطُورَة noun (divine story)
  • خُرَافَة noun (commonly-held but false belief)

Armenian

1 entries
  • առասպել noun (divine story)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • mif noun (divine story)
  • əfsanə noun (divine story)
  • əsatir noun (divine story)
  • اساطیر noun (divine story)

Basque

1 entries
  • mito noun (divine story)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • міт noun (divine story)
  • міф noun (divine story)

Bengali

1 entries
  • শ্রুতি noun (divine story)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • изми́слица noun (person or thing existing only in imagination)
  • мит noun (divine story)
  • митоло́гия noun (such stories as genre)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဒဏ္ဍာရီ noun (divine story)

Catalan

2 entries
  • mite noun (divine story)
  • mites noun (divine story)

Central Sierra Miwok

1 entries
  • ˀútne noun (divine story)

Chinese

2 entries
  • шынхуа noun (divine story)
  • 神話 /神话 noun (divine story)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 神話 /神话 noun (divine story)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 神話 /神话 noun (divine story)
  • 迷思 noun (commonly-held but false belief)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • мѷѳъ noun (divine story)

Czech

1 entries
  • mýtus noun (divine story)

Danish

1 entries
  • myte noun (divine story)

Dutch

2 entries
  • mythe noun (divine story)
  • mythe noun (commonly-held but false belief)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 神話 /神话 noun (divine story)

Erzya

1 entries
  • пазъёвкс noun (divine story)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • mito noun (divine story)
  • mito noun (commonly-held but false belief)

Estonian

1 entries
  • müüt noun (divine story)

Faroese

4 entries
  • frumsøgn noun (divine story)
  • gudasøgn noun (divine story)
  • myta noun (divine story)
  • mýta noun (divine story)

Finnish

4 entries
  • jumalaistaru noun (divine story)
  • jumalaistarusto noun (such stories as genre)
  • myytti noun (divine story)
  • myytti noun (commonly-held but false belief)

French

1 entries
  • mythe noun (divine story)

Galician

2 entries
  • mito noun (divine story)
  • mito noun (commonly-held but false belief)

Georgian

4 entries
  • თქმულება noun (divine story)
  • ლეგენდა noun (divine story)
  • მითი noun (divine story)
  • მითი noun (commonly-held but false belief)

German

3 entries
  • Mythos noun (divine story)
  • Mythos noun (commonly-held but false belief)
  • Sage noun (divine story)

Greek

2 entries
  • μύθος noun (divine story)
  • μύθος noun (commonly-held but false belief)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 神話 /神话 noun (divine story)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מִיתוֹס noun (divine story)
  • מִיתוֹס noun (commonly-held but false belief)

Hindi

1 entries
  • मिथक noun (divine story)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • hitrege noun (divine story)
  • mítosz noun (divine story)
  • mítosz noun (commonly-held but false belief)
  • rege noun (divine story)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • saga noun (divine story)
  • skröksaga noun (commonly-held but false belief)
  • uppspuni noun (divine story)

Ido

1 entries
  • mito noun (divine story)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • mitos noun (divine story)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • اَفْسانِه noun (divine story)
  • اُسْطورِه noun (divine story)
  • خُرافات noun (commonly-held but false belief)
  • رِوایَت noun (divine story)

Irish

1 entries
  • miotas noun (divine story)

Italian

2 entries
  • mito noun (divine story)
  • mito noun (commonly-held but false belief)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 神話 noun (divine story)
  • 迷信 noun (commonly-held but false belief)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • аңыз noun (divine story)
  • миф noun (divine story)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ទេវកថា noun (divine story)

Korean

1 entries
  • 신화 noun (divine story)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • миф noun (divine story)
  • уламыш noun (divine story)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຕຳນານ noun (divine story)

Latin

3 entries
  • fabula noun (commonly-held but false belief)
  • mythos noun (commonly-held but false belief)
  • mȳthos noun (divine story)

Latvian

2 entries
  • mīts noun (divine story)
  • mīts noun (commonly-held but false belief)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • mitas noun (divine story)
  • mitas noun (commonly-held but false belief)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • мит noun (divine story)

Malay

1 entries
  • mitos noun (divine story)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • домог noun (divine story)

Māori

1 entries
  • pūrākau noun (divine story)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • efsane noun (divine story)
  • mît noun (divine story)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • myte noun (divine story)
  • myte noun (commonly-held but false belief)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • myte noun (divine story)
  • myte noun (commonly-held but false belief)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • اساطیر noun (divine story)
  • اسطوره noun (divine story)
  • داستان noun (divine story)

Pashto

2 entries
  • اسطوره noun (divine story)
  • افسانه noun (divine story)

Polish

2 entries
  • mit noun (divine story)
  • mit noun (commonly-held but false belief)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • mito noun (divine story)
  • mito noun (commonly-held but false belief)

Romanian

2 entries
  • legendă noun (divine story)
  • mit noun (divine story)

Russian

4 entries
  • леге́нда noun (commonly-held but false belief)
  • миф noun (divine story)
  • миф noun (commonly-held but false belief)
  • мифоло́гия noun (such stories as genre)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • fionnsgeul noun (divine story)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • mȋt noun (divine story)
  • mȋt noun (commonly-held but false belief)
  • ми̑т noun (divine story)
  • ми̑т noun (commonly-held but false belief)

Slovak

1 entries
  • mýtus noun (divine story)

Slovene

1 entries
  • mit noun (divine story)

Sotho

1 entries
  • tshomo noun (divine story)

Spanish

1 entries
  • mito noun (divine story)

Swedish

2 entries
  • myt noun (divine story)
  • myt noun (commonly-held but false belief)

Tajik

3 entries
  • афсона noun (divine story)
  • ривоят noun (divine story)
  • устура noun (divine story)

Tamil

1 entries
  • தொன்மம் noun (divine story)

Telugu

1 entries
  • పురాణము noun (divine story)

Thai

1 entries
  • ตำนาน noun (divine story)

Turkish

4 entries
  • efsane noun (divine story)
  • mit noun (divine story)
  • söylence noun (divine story)
  • tansık noun (divine story)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • mif noun (divine story)
  • rowaýat noun (divine story)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • леге́нда noun (commonly-held but false belief)
  • міт noun (divine story)
  • міф noun (divine story)
  • міф noun (commonly-held but false belief)

Urdu

4 entries
  • اَفْسانَہ noun (divine story)
  • اُسْطُورَہ noun (divine story)
  • خُرافات noun (commonly-held but false belief)
  • داسْتان noun (divine story)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ئەپسانە noun (divine story)
  • رىۋايەت noun (divine story)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • afsona noun (divine story)
  • mif noun (divine story)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • thần thoại noun (divine story)

Welsh

2 entries
  • chwedl noun (divine story)
  • myth noun (divine story)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 神話 /神话 noun (divine story)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • מיטאָס noun (divine story)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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Paul's success was a myth.

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The myth offers insights into the ancient civilization.

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The mountain is famous in myth and legend.

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What he had said proved to be a myth.

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