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mythical place ThesaurusNoun | 1. | mythical place - a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writingsfictitious place, imaginary placeimagination, imaginativeness, vision - the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be"afterworld - the place where you are after you dieAnnwfn, Annwn - (Welsh mythology) the other world; land of fairiesAsgard - (Norse mythology) the heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroesAtlantis - according to legend, an island in the Atlantic Ocean that Plato said was swallowed by an earthquakeBrobdingnag - a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enormouscloud-cuckoo-land - an imaginary place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with realityCockaigne - (Middle Ages) an imaginary land of luxury and idlenessEl Dorado, eldorado - an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorersfaerie, faery, fairyland - the enchanted realm of fairiesHeaven - the abode of God and the angelsElysium - a place or condition of ideal happinessnetherworld, Scheol, underworld, Hades, infernal region, Hell - (religion) the world of the dead; "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognisinfernal region, nether region, perdition, Inferno, Hell, pit - (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. JohnsonHouyhnhnms - a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where intelligent horses ruled the YahoosLaputa - a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where impractical projects were pursued and practical projects neglectedLilliput - a land imagined by Jonathan Swift that was inhabited by tiny peoplelimbo - (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)limbo - an imaginary place for lost or neglected thingsMidgard - (Norse mythology) the abode of humans in Norse mythologydreamland, dreamworld, never-never land - a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imaginationpurgatory - (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sinsRuritania - an imaginary kingdom in central Europe; often used as a scene for intrigue and romancespirit world - any imaginary place where spiritual beings (demons or fairies or angels or the like) abide; "science has emptied the spirit world of its former inhabitants"Sion, Zion, Utopia - an imaginary place considered to be perfect or idealwonderland - an imaginary realm of marvels or wonders |
mythical place
Synonyms for mythical placenoun a place that exists only in imaginationSynonyms- fictitious place
- imaginary place
Related Words- imagination
- imaginativeness
- vision
- afterworld
- Annwfn
- Annwn
- Asgard
- Atlantis
- Brobdingnag
- cloud-cuckoo-land
- Cockaigne
- El Dorado
- eldorado
- faerie
- faery
- fairyland
- Heaven
- Elysium
- netherworld
- Scheol
- underworld
- Hades
- infernal region
- Hell
- nether region
- perdition
- Inferno
- pit
- Houyhnhnms
- Laputa
- Lilliput
- limbo
- Midgard
- dreamland
- dreamworld
- never-never land
- purgatory
- Ruritania
- spirit world
- Sion
- Zion
- Utopia
- wonderland
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