'Legendary' definitions:
Definition of 'legendary'
(from WordNet)
adjective
So celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend; "the legendary exploits of the arctic trailblazers"
adjective
Celebrated in fable or legend; "the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox"; "legendary exploits of Jesse James" [syn: fabled, legendary]
Definition of 'Legendary'
From: GCIDE
- Legendary \Leg"end*a*ry\ (l[e^]j"[e^]n*d[asl]*r[y^]), a. Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends; consisting of legends; like a legend; fabulous. "Legendary writers." --Bp. Lloyd. [1913 Webster]
- Legendary stories of nurses and old women. --Bourne. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Legendary'
From: GCIDE
- Legendary \Leg"end*a*ry\, n. [Cf. OF. legendaire, LL. legendarius.]
- 1. A book of legends; a tale or narrative. [1913 Webster]
- Read the Countess of Pembroke's "Arcadia," a gallant legendary full of pleasurable accidents. --James I. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who relates legends. --Bp. Lavington. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'legendary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acclaimed,
- acknowledged,
- admitted,
- allegoric,
- autobiographical,
- biographical,
- celebrated,
- chronologic,
- concocted,
- conventional,
- cooked-up,
- customary,
- distinguished,
- eminent,
- epic,
- established,
- exceptional,
- extraordinary,
- fabled,
- fabricated,
- fabulous,
- famed,
- famous,
- fancied,
- fanciful,
- fantasied,
- fantastic,
- far-famed,
- far-heard,
- fictional,
- fictitious,
- fictive,
- figmental,
- fixed,
- folk,
- forged,
- great,
- hagiographic,
- hallowed,
- handed down,
- hatched,
- heroic,
- historic,
- historied,
- historiographic,
- hoary,
- honored,
- illustrious,
- imaginary,
- immemorial,
- immortal,
- indescribable,
- ineffable,
- invented,
- inveterate,
- long-established,
- long-standing,
- made-up,
- make-believe,
- manufactured,
- marked,
- martyrologic,
- marvelous,
- much acclaimed,
- mythic,
- mythical,
- mythicized,
- mythified,
- mythological,
- nonactual,
- nonfactual,
- nonrealistic,
- notable,
- noted,
- noteworthy,
- notorious,
- of long standing,
- of mark,
- of note,
- of the folk,
- oral,
- parabolic,
- phenomenal,
- popular,
- portentous,
- prescriptive,
- prodigious,
- prominent,
- put-up,
- received,
- recognized,
- remarkable,
- renowned,
- romantic,
- romanticized,
- rooted,
- storied,
- stupefying,
- stupendous,
- talked-about,
- talked-of,
- time-honored,
- traditional,
- tried and true,
- true-blue,
- trumped-up,
- understood,
- unexampled,
- unparalleled,
- unprecedented,
- unspeakable,
- unwritten,
- venerable,
- well-known,
- wonderful,
- worshipful