Chimaera
Meaning of Chimaera
noun
- (in Greek mythology) a fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
- a thing which is hoped for but is illusory or impossible to achieve.
the economic sovereignty you claim to defend is a chimera
- an organism containing a mixture of genetically different tissues, formed by processes such as fusion of early embryos, grafting, or mutation.
the sheeplike goat chimera
- a cartilaginous marine fish with a long tail, an erect spine before the first dorsal fin, and typically a forward projection from the snout.
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek khimaira ‘she-goat or chimera’.
Information about Chimaera
- It is a name.
- The plural form of Chimaera is: Chimaeras.
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Hyphenation of Chimaera
Chi-maera
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- Chimaera is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Chimaera synonyms
Meaning Chimera:
Meaning chimera:
Meaning a false idea or belief:
Meaning a fanciful mental image, typically one on which a person often dwells and which reflects their conscious or unconscious wishes:
Meaning an idiosyncratic belief or impression maintained despite being contradicted by reality or rational argument, typically as a symptom of mental disorder:
Meaning a cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal:
Meaning a superficial or transient feeling of liking or attraction:
Meaning a figment of the imagination:
Meaning an optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions, especially the appearance of a sheet of water in a desert or on a hot road caused by the refraction of light from the sky by heated air:
Translation of Chimaera
Words that rhyme with Chimaera
habaera, Neaera, Megaera, Halosphaera, Megasphaera, Microsphaera, Podosphaera, Trochosphaera, rhodosphaera, chimaera, geraera, hetaera
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