Chimera
Meaning of Chimera
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 Chimera
- It is a name.
- The plural form of Chimera is: Chimeras.
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Hyphenation of Chimera
Chimera
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- Chimera is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Chimera synonyms
Meaning chimaera:
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:
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Words that rhyme with Chimera
Mera, Pentamera, Pseudotetramera, Tamera, Tetramera, aerocamera, anticamera, camera, gastrocamera, microcamera, minicamera, pseudotetramera, recamera, stereocamera, telecamera, Emera, Ephemera, Hemera, ephemera, hemera, octaemera, zoehemera, Dimera, Pseudotrimera, Trimera, chimera, lindheimera, Almera, wommera, Heteromera, Isomera, Woomera, diapheromera, glomera, phytomera, womera, woomera, darmera, Asmera, Hymera
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