English dictionary

fable

/'f/eI/b/@/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a deliberately false or improbable account

noun.communication

Synonyms fabrication fiction

Source: WordNet 3.0
a short moral story (often with animal characters)

noun.communication

Synonyms allegory apologue parable

Source: WordNet 3.0
a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

noun.communication

Synonyms legend

Source: WordNet 3.0
A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See the Note under <u>Apologue</u>.

noun

Source: webster1913

To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true.

verb

Source: webster1913
To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.

verb

Source: webster1913