fabulist

fab·u·list

noun \ˈfa-byə-list\

Definition of FABULIST

1

: a creator or writer of fables

2

: liar

— fabulist or fab·u·lis·tic \ˌfa-byə-ˈlis-tik\ adjective

Examples of FABULIST

1. <a once highly admired journalist whose reputation is now that of a disgraced fabulist>

First Known Use of FABULIST

1593

Related to FABULIST

Synonyms: fabricator, liar, fibber, prevaricator, storyteller

Related Words: exaggerator, mythomaniac; calumniator, defamer, libeler, libelist, slanderer; perjurer; distorter, falsifier; equivocator, palterer; gossip, gossiper, talebearer; charlatan, cheat, cheater, counterfeiter, cozener, deceiver, defrauder, dissembler, dissimulator, double-dealer, fraud, hustler, knave, mountebank, operator, pretender

Near Antonyms: square shooter

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Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody