storyteller

sto·ry·tell·er

noun \ˈstȯr-ē-ˌte-lər\

Definition of STORYTELLER

: a teller of stories: as a : a relater of anecdotes b : a reciter of tales (as in a children's library) c : liar, fibber d : a writer of stories

— sto·ry·tell·ing \-ˌte-liŋ\ noun

Examples of STORYTELLER

1. <he's something of a storyteller, so I wouldn't put too much stock in anything he says>

First Known Use of STORYTELLER

1709

Related to STORYTELLER

Synonyms: fabricator, fabulist, fibber, prevaricator, liar

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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Rhymes with STORYTELLER

cerebellar, circumstellar, columellar, fortune-teller, interstellar