fib

¹fib

noun \ˈfib\

Definition of FIB

: a trivial or childish lie

Examples of FIB

1. I have to admit that I told a fib when I said I enjoyed the movie.
2. Is she telling fibs again?

Origin of FIB

perhaps by shortening & alteration from fable

First Known Use: 1611

Related to FIB

Synonyms: fable, fabrication, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, lie, mendacity, prevarication, story, tale, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), untruth, whopper

Antonyms: truth

Related Words: distortion, exaggeration, half-truth; ambiguity, equivocation, obliquity; defamation, libel, slander; perjury; bluff, fiction, pose, pretense (or pretence); humbug, jive, nonsense; canard, fallacy, misconception, myth; falsification, misinformation, misreport, misrepresentation, misstatement; deceit, deceitfulness, dishonesty, duplicity, fraudulence

Near Antonyms: fact, truism, verity; honesty, truthfulness, veracity; authentication, confirmation, substantiation, validation, verification

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Rhymes with FIB

bib, crib, drib, gib, glib, Hib, jib, lib, nib, rib, sib, squib