Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chimaera

3 senses of chimaera

Sense 1
Chimera, Chimaera -- ((Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon)
       => mythical monster, mythical creature -- (a monster renowned in folklore and myth)

Sense 2
chimera, chimaera -- (a grotesque product of the imagination)
       => imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery -- (the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination")

Sense 3
chimaera -- (a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail)
       => holocephalan, holocephalian -- (fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail)