Meanings
comparative more legendary · superlative most legendary
- Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends.
- Appearing (solely) in legends.
- Having the splendor of a legend; fabled.
- Having unimaginable greatness; excellent to such an extent to evoke stories.
And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly.
2013 September 1, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA collection of legends, in particular of lives of saints.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveso celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinlegenda
- Medieval Latinlegendārium
- Medieval Latinlegendārius
- Englishlegendary
From legend + -ary; from Medieval Latin legendārius. Earlier it was a noun meaning "a collection of legends" (1510s) (Medieval Latin legendārium, Old French legendier), from Latin legenda. In English, both the noun and the adjective first appeared in the 16th century.
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Arabic أُسْطُورِيّ
- أُسْطُورِيّ (ʔusṭūriyy)of or pertaining to a legend
Bulgarian легендарен
- легендарен (legendaren)of or pertaining to a legend
Catalan llegendari
- llegendariof or pertaining to a legend
Czech legendární
- legendárníof or pertaining to a legend
Danish legendarisk
- legendariskof or pertaining to a legend
Dutch legendarisch
- legendarischof or pertaining to a legend
Esperanto legenda
- legendaof or pertaining to a legend
Finnish legendaarinen
- legendaarinenof or pertaining to a legend
French légendaire
- légendaireof or pertaining to a legend
German legendär
- legendärof or pertaining to a legend
Greek θρυλικός
- θρυλικός (thrylikós)of or pertaining to a legend
Hindi पौराणिक
- पौराणिक (paurāṇik)of or pertaining to a legend
Hungarian legendás
- legendásof or pertaining to a legend
Indonesian legendaris
- legendarisof or pertaining to a legend
Irish finscéalach
- finscéalachof or pertaining to a legend
Italian leggendario
- leggendarioof or pertaining to a legend
Japanese 伝説上の
- 伝説上の (densetsujō no)of or pertaining to a legend
Latin fabularis
- fabularisof or pertaining to a legend
Latvian leģendārs
- leģendārsof or pertaining to a legend
Norwegian Bokmål legendarisk
- legendariskof or pertaining to a legend
Persian افسانوی
- افسانوی (afsânavi)of or pertaining to a legend
Polish legendarny
- legendarnyof or pertaining to a legend
Portuguese lendário, legendário
- lendárioof or pertaining to a legend
- legendárioof or pertaining to a legend
- míticoof or pertaining to a legend
Romanian legendar, mitic
- legendarof or pertaining to a legend
- miticof or pertaining to a legend
Russian легенда́рный
- легенда́рный (legendárnyj)of or pertaining to a legend
Spanish legendario
- legendarioof or pertaining to a legend
Swahili -a kihekaya
- -a kihekayaof or pertaining to a legend
Swedish legendarisk
- legendariskof or pertaining to a legend
Tagalog pang-alamat, maalamat
- pang-alamatof or pertaining to a legend
- maalamatof or pertaining to a legend
Turkish efsanevi, destansı
- efsaneviof or pertaining to a legend
- destansıof or pertaining to a legend
Ukrainian легенда́рний
- легенда́рний (lehendárnyj)of or pertaining to a legend
Urdu افسانوی, داستانی
- افسانوی (afsānvī)of or pertaining to a legend
- داستانی (dāstānsī)of or pertaining to a legend
Welsh chwedlonol
- chwedlonolof or pertaining to a legend
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Cite this entry
legendary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legendary
“legendary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legendary. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “legendary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legendary.
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