as in liar
a person who tells lies
a once highly admired journalist whose reputation is now that of a disgraced fabulist
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Recent Examples of fabulist
Many of the hustlers and fabulists who populate Crews’s fiction are typical American strivers.
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Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Playing in the space between social realism and fabulist storytelling, Kezilahabi’s novel asks moral questions about parents’ responsibilities and the effects of women’s liberation, sparing no one but withholding final judgment.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
The Texan outlaw John Wesley Hardin, on the other hand, was no fabulist.
—Paul Begala, New York Times, 31 May 2025
White worked for the infamous InfoWars media site run by fabulist Alex Jones.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
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Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Playing in the space between social realism and fabulist storytelling, Kezilahabi’s novel asks moral questions about parents’ responsibilities and the effects of women’s liberation, sparing no one but withholding final judgment.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
The Texan outlaw John Wesley Hardin, on the other hand, was no fabulist.
—Paul Begala, New York Times, 31 May 2025
White worked for the infamous InfoWars media site run by fabulist Alex Jones.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fabulist
Noun
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But one scholar, Anthony Grafton, who about thirty years ago published Forgers and Critics, focused on how in the early modern period, there was this enormous flourishing not only of culture but also of liars.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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But Olympia isn't as accomplished a liar as her septuagenarian associate.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Filmmakers and storytellers like myself and Idris feel a sense of responsibility to telling particular types of stories.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
8 Oct. 2025
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Our Guild is built on the backs of storytellers, visionaries and fierce advocates for the creative and economic rights of our members.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Fabulist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fabulist. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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