Antonyms for legend
ˈlɛdʒ əndleg·end

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.2 / 5 votes

1. legendnoun

   Synonyms:
   key, guide

2. legendnoun

   A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.

   The legend of Troy was discovered to have historical basis.

   Synonyms:
   myth

3. legendnoun

   A leading protagonist in a historical legend.

   Achilles is a legend in Greek culture.

   Synonyms:
   hero

4. legendnoun

   A person of extraordinary accomplishment.

   Michael Jordan stands as a legend in basketball.

   Synonyms:
   hero

5. legendnoun

   The text on a coin.

   Synonyms:
   inscription

6. legendnoun

   A worthy friend.

   Cheers mate for fixing my car: you're a legend.

   Synonyms:
   brick

7. legendnoun

   Synonyms:
   myth, tale

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. legend

   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.

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. legend

   Antonyms:
   history, fact, actual occurrence

   Synonyms:
   myth, fable, marvellous story, fiction

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1. • Story
   • Title

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.8 / 5 votes

1. legend, fablenoun

   a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

   Synonyms:
   allegory, fabrication, parable, caption, apologue, fiction, fable

2. caption, legendnoun

   brief description accompanying an illustration

   Synonyms:
   fable, caption, subtitle

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. legendnoun

   Synonyms:
   fable, myth, posy, inscription, motto

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. true

   it is real

   this is a true fact

   Submitted by rinat on October 3, 2019  

How to use legend in a sentence?

1. Chadwick Boseman:

   The legend of Yasuke is one of history's best kept secrets, the only person of non-Asian origin to become a samurai, that's not just an action movie, that's a cultural event, an exchange, and I am excited to be part of it.

2. Judy Garland:

   If I'm such a legend, then why do I sit at home for hours staring at the damned telephone, hoping it's out of order, even calling the operator asking her if she's sure it's not out of order?

3. Giovanni Rocco:

   There's very few guys that the legend carried on after they were gone, and Tony Pro is famous for that.

4. Scott Upham:

   If your dad was a legend and one of the founding fathers of the global auto safety industry, that's a lot to live up to.

5. Guillermo Valdes:

   This man has become a legend, if you look at the drug trafficking organizations that existed in 1990 and the ones existing today, Sinaloa is the only one that has endured, and that speaks to the quality of the strategy and leadership.

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