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

1 sense of tantalus

Sense 1
Tantalus -- ((Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it)
       INSTANCE OF=> mythical being -- (an imaginary being of myth or fable)