| Main Entry: | fable |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fantasy, story |
Synonyms: |
allegory, apologue, bestiary, bunk, crock, fabrication, fairy story, fairy tale, falsehood, fantasy, fib, fiction, figment, fish story, hogwash, invention, legend, lie, myth, old chestnut, old saw, one for the birds, parable, romance, tale, tall story, untruth, white lie, whopper, yarn |
| Notes: | a fable is a short instructional tale, while a fairytale (or fairy tale) is told as amusement |
Antonyms: |
truth |
| Main Entry: | fabrication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lie |
Synonyms: |
artifact, concoction, deceit, fable, fairy story, fake*, falsehood, fib, fiction, figment, forgery, hogwash, invention, jazz, jive, line*, myth, opus, smoke*, song and dance, untruth, work, yarn |
Antonyms: |
truth |
| Main Entry: | myth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fictitious story, often ancient |
Synonyms: |
allegory, apologue, creation, delusion, fable, fabrication, fairy story, fancy, fantasy, fiction, figment, folk ballad, folk tale, illusion, imagination, invention, legend, lore, mythos, parable, saga, superstition, tale, tall story, tradition |
Antonyms: |
fact, non-fiction, truth |
| Main Entry: | old wives' tale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | superstition |
Synonyms: |
fairy story, fallacy, false belief, folk tale, folklore, legend, lore, myth, notion, tall story, tall tale |
| Main Entry: | fairy tale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | children's imaginative story with magical characters |
Synonyms: |
Marchen, fable, fairy story, ghost story, myth, tale, yarn |