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Definitions for Fable

[1] a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare; Aesop's fables.
[2] a story not founded on fact: This biography is largely a self-laudatory fable.
[3] a story about supernatural or extraordinary persons or incidents; legend: the fables of gods and heroes.
[4] legends or myths collectively: the heroes of Greek fable.
[5] an untruth; falsehood: This boast of a cure is a medical fable.
[6] the plot of an epic, a dramatic poem, or a play.
[7] idle talk: old wives' fables.
[8] to tell or write fables.
[9] to speak falsely; lie: to fable about one's past.
[10] to describe as if actually so; talk about as if true: She is fabled to be the natural daughter of a king.
[11] a short moral story, esp one with animals as characters
[12] a false, fictitious, or improbable account; fiction or lie
[13] a story or legend about supernatural or mythical characters or events
[14] legends or myths collectively Related adjective: fabulous
[15] archaic the plot of a play or of an epic or dramatic poem
[16] to relate or tell (fables)
[17] (intr) to speak untruthfully; tell lies
[18] (tr) to talk about or describe in the manner of a fable ghosts are fabled to appear at midnight

Words related to Fable

parable, myth, yarn, fiction, tale, fantasy, legend, hogwash, lie, falsehood, invention, crock, romance, apologue, whopper, fib, figment, untruth, allegory, fabrication

Words nearby Fable

fabian, fabian society, fabian tactics, fabianism, fabius maximus, fable, fabled, fabliau, fablon, fabre, fabric

Origin of Fable

1250–1300; Middle English fable, fabel, fabul < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin fābula a story, tale, equivalent to fā(rī ) to speak + -bula suffix of instrument

Words that may be confused with Fable

fable, legend, myth, (see, synonym, study, at, legend)

Other words from Fable

fa·bler , noun
out·fa·ble , verb (used with object), out·fa·bled, out·fa·bling.
un·fa·bling , adjective

Word origin for Fable

C13: from Latin fābula story, narrative, from fārī to speak, say

Synonyms for Fable

fantasy, fiction, legend, myth, parable, tale, yarn, allegory, apologue, bestiary, bunk, crock, fabrication, falsehood, fib, figment, hogwash, invention, lie, romance, untruth, whopper, fairy story, fairy tale, fish story, old chestnut, old saw, one for the birds, tall story, white lie