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Synonyms & Antonyms of fairy tale
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
- did you really see a bear, or are you telling us another one of your fairy tales?
Synonyms for fairy tale
- fable,
- fabrication,
- falsehood,
- falsity,
- fib,
- lie,
- mendacity,
- prevarication,
- story,
- tale,
- taradiddle
- (or tarradiddle),
- untruth,
- whopper
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The first known use of fairy tale was in 1635
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