Synonyms for MYTH
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1. myth

   Fiction is now chiefly used of a prose work in narrative form in which the characters are partly or wholly imaginary, and which is designed to portray human life, with or without a practical lesson; a romance portrays what is picturesque or striking, as a mere fiction may not do; novel is a general name for any continuous fictitious narrative, especially a love-story; fiction and novel are used with little difference of meaning, except that novel characterizes a work in which the emotional element is especially prominent. The moral of the fable is expressed formally; the lesson of the fiction, if any, is inwrought. A fiction is studied; a myth grows up without intent. A legend may be true, but can not be historically verified; a myth has been received as true at some time, but is now known to be false. A fabrication is designed to deceive; it is a less odious word than falsehood, but is really stronger, as a falsehood may be a sudden unpremeditated statement, while a fabrication is a series of statements carefully studied and fitted together in order to deceive; the falsehood is all false; the fabrication may mingle the true with the false. A figment is something imaginary which the one who utters it may or may not believe to be true; we say, "That statement is a figment of his imagination." The story may be either true or false, and covers the various senses of all the words in the group. Apologue, a word simply transferred from Greek into English, is the same as fable. Compare ALLEGORY.

   Synonyms:
   allegory, apologue, fable, fabrication, falsehood, fiction, figment, invention, legend, novel, romance, story

   Antonyms:
   certainty, fact, history, literalness, reality, truth, verity

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1. myth

   Synonyms:
   fable, legend, parable, supposition, fiction, allegory, fabulous story, fabrication

   Antonyms:
   fact, history, narrative

Princeton's WordNet

1. mythnoun

   a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

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1. • Story

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. mythnoun

   Synonyms:
   fable, invention, allegory, parable, fiction, fabulous story

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1. mythnoun

   Synonyms:
   legend, tradition, fable

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1. List of paraphrases for "myth":

   mito, mythe, mythology, myths, legend, mythic, mythical, fable

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How to use MYTH in a sentence?

1. Brigitte Kruse:

   It was … a collection that we (had) all heard about, it truly was a myth and a legend until we put our hands on it.

2. Dana Schrad:

   That myth has been around for a long time. And a lot of Democrats and Republicans have fallen for it, tobe honest with you, Joe Biden has actually been fairly supportive of law enforcement and hes done a lot over theyears in different areas supportive oflaw enforcement. So itsunfortunate that he would not know that thats not a [viable] training tactic in law enforcement.

3. Dossie Easton:

   Sexual jealousy is supposed to be somehow unconquerable and immovable, but that is a myth. It's really serious emotional work to unlearn jealousy and cultivate other ways to feel secure in a relationship, but it's possible. I've been doing it in my practice for the past 20 years and in my own life since 1969.

4. Peter Feaver:

   It's a myth to say there was widespread public pressure on the administration to leave, the general public was ambivalent. This was a retreat of choice, not a retreat of necessity.

5. Arturo Carmona:

   What we learned today is that Hillary Clinton’s firewall with Latino voters is a myth.