imaginary creature

1. 1.

   a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction

   Synonymsimaginary being

   Broaderimagination

   Narrowerhypothetical creaturemythical beingDeathGargantuagianthobbitMaxwell's demonmermaidmermanMartian

Questions about imaginary creature

What does imaginary creature mean?

imaginary creature means "a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction".

What is another word for imaginary creature?

Close synonyms include imaginary being. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is imaginary creature a common word?

imaginary creature is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.