Historical
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Historical adjective – Restricted to or based on fact. Usage example: a historical novel that tells the story of Hannibal's crossing of the Alps through the eyes of a young boy
Legendary is an antonym for historical in factual topic.
Nearby Words: history, historic, historically, historian, historicity
Antonyms for Historical
Legendary
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Legendary adjective – Based on, described in, or being a myth. Usage example: the unicorn is a legendary creature
Historical is an antonym for legendary in mythical topic.
Nearby Word: legend
Antonyms for Legendary
Things that words describes
| character | historical character | legendary character |
| hero | historical hero | legendary hero |
| reputation | historical reputation | legendary reputation |
| figure | historical figure | legendary figure |
| Other nouns: example, characters, battle, figures, artifact, artifacts. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Theme Naming: The Erinyes are all named after historical or legendary Greek battlefields.
Source: Literature / Brimstone Angels - Given that, whether historical or legendary, Arthur's Britain was quickly supplanted by the Saxons he opposed, his successor may have had no footprint at all.
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The historical and legendary figure Ja'far ibn Yahya al-Barmaki, vizier to Harun al-Rashid, hasn't been given a Historical Villain Upgrade exactly... but try finding an evil vizier in a story set in Arabian Nights Days whose name isn't some spelling of Jafar.
Source: Historical Villain Upgrade
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Legendary and Historical. (2016). Retrieved 2021, January 17, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/historical/legendary
Historical & Legendary. N.p., 2016. Web. 17 Jan. 2021. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/historical/legendary>.
Legendary or Historical. 2016. Accessed January 17, 2021. https://thesaurus.plus/related/historical/legendary.
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