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say it: MITH-ik
mythic is an adjective meaning "relating to or having the nature of myth". It is pronounced /ˈmɪθɪk/ — MITH-ik. It carries 2 recorded senses.
relating to or having the nature of myth
“a novel of almost mythic consequence”
based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity
“mythical centaurs”
“the fabulous unicorn”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for mythic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.