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legend
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of LEGEND
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an explanation or description accompanying a pictorial illustration <the legend in the science textbook indicated that the accompanying picture had been enlarged by 1000%>
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a traditional but unfounded story that gives the reason for a current custom, belief, or fact of nature <some ancient civilizations had legends about spirits that inhabited trees and rocks>
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the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place <that story of how the world came to be has long been part of Native American legend>
Related Words folklife; information, knowledge, wisdom; anecdote, fable, folktale, old wives' tale, tale, yarn
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