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fable

/ fable /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a short moral story (often with animal characters)
Type of:
story
Kinds of:
Aesop's fables Pilgrim's Progress
Derived:
allegorize allegorise
noun Sense 2
a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
Type of:
story
Kinds of:
Arthurian legend
noun Sense 3
a deliberately false or improbable account
Type of:
falsehood falsity untruth
Kinds of:
canard
Derived:
fictionalize fictionalise retell fabricate manufacture
Semantic Complexity
43%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
16
Times Searched
3
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story Aesop's fables Pilgrim's Progress Arthurian legend falsehood falsity untruth canard