Home › Words › S › submythsubmythsubmyth means A myth making up part of a larger myth.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, submyth ranks #11,061 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom sub- + myth.nounA myth making up part of a larger myth.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.subnarrative 69% match — A narrative making up part of a larger narrative. vs submyth →substory 64% match — A story (narrative) making up part of a larger story. vs submyth →subtradition 63% match — A tradition making up part of a larger tradition. vs submyth →mythemic 61% match — Relating to mythemes. vs submyth →mythologue 61% match — A mythical narrative; a myth. vs submyth →mythologem 61% match — A basic core element, motif or theme of a myth. vs submyth →subtheory 60% match — A theory forming part of a larger theory. vs submyth →mythoplasm 60% match — the subject of a myth; the material covered in a given myth. vs submyth →