legend
English Thesaurus
1. brief description accompanying an illustration (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | title, |
| definition | : | a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work (noun.communication) |
| part meronym | : | illustration, |
| definition | : | artwork that helps make something clear or attractive (noun.communication) |
2. a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | story, |
| definition | : | a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | arthurian legend, |
| definition | : | the legend of King Arthur and his court at Camelot (noun.communication) |
| domain member category | : | grail, holy grail, sangraal, |
| definition | : | (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | hagiology, |
| definition | : | literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints (noun.communication) |
| domain member category | : | midas, |
| definition | : | (Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | sisyphus, |
| definition | : | (Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | tristan, tristram, |
| definition | : | (Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | iseult, isolde, |
| definition | : | (Middle Ages) the bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other (noun.person) |
3. brief description accompanying an illustration (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | caption, |
| definition | : | provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing (verb.possession) |
4. a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | fabulist, |
| definition | : | a person who tells or invents fables (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | fabled, legendary, |
| definition | : | celebrated in fable or legend (adj.all) |
5. brief description accompanying an illustration (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | caption, |
| definition | : | provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing (verb.possession) |
6. a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | fabulist, |
| definition | : | a person who tells or invents fables (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | fabled, legendary, |
| definition | : | celebrated in fable or legend (adj.all) |
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