NOUN | person | Chimera, Chimaera | (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail |
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cognition | chimera, chimaera | a grotesque product of the imagination |
Sounds | chihmeh'rah | |
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Rhymes | abracadabra ... zebra: 116 rhymes with rah... |
Meaning | (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon. | |
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Synonym | Chimaera | |
Category | Greek mythology | The mythology of the ancient Greeks |
Broader | mythical monster, mythical creature | A monster renowned in folklore and myth |
Spanish | Quimera, quimera | |
Catalan | quimera, Quimera | |
Adjectives | chimeric, chimerical, chimeral | being or relating to or like a chimera |
Meaning | A grotesque product of the imagination. | |
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Synonym | chimaera | |
Broader | imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery | The ability to form mental images of things or events |
Spanish | quimera | |
Catalan | quimera | |
Adjectives | chimeric, chimeral | being or relating to or like a chimera |
chimerical | produced by a wildly fanciful / fanciful imagination / imagination |
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