legendary
- adjective
- /ˈlɛdʒənˌdɛri/
- Please welcome the truly legendary Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.
- become legendary
- a legendary figure
- a legendary singer
And you have had a legendary career and life.
- And you have had a legendary career and life.
- All of these legendary real estate brokers.
- Old pal of mine and legendary actor Dennis Quaid is here.
- So he was, what should say, a legendary investor himself.
- Take care and be legendary next.
Examples
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Welcome to the legendary Nurburgring.
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Barry Sanders, who is a legendary football player.
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How was it working with these legendary figures?
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This is a legendary book from the past.
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And you have had a legendary career and life.
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Welcome to the program the legendary Jim Rogers.
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Many tales are told of the legendary Ragnar Lofbrok.
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The fierce warriors of the grasslands were legendary among the settled peoples.
Fiction book (1990) -
Lin and Xiao Ming's paper, now legendary in computer science.
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Many tales are told of the legendary Ragnar Lofbrok.
Synonyms
Many people know them for something good or important
Familiar to many people and often talked about
Very well known and seen as a symbol of something
Well known and respected by many people
Well known and respected for being very good
Found only in old stories and not real, like dragons or unicorns
Well known and respected for important work
Famous in stories and legends that often have unreal details
Something that seems to belong to old stories and heroes
A person, team, or place known for a famous history
Famous and admired for important achievements or qualities
Known and admired by many people far away
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A made-up animal or being from old stories that people often say is real
How Famous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Legendary comes from legend, a word for an old 'story', and from Latin legenda meaning 'things to be read'. So, someone or something called legendary is so famous or admired that they seem like a hero from a story.