Synonyms of fairy tale

fairy tale

noun

as in lie

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 & Similar Words

• lie
• tale
• story
• fabrication
• fable
• mendacity
• falsehood
• taradiddle
• untruth
• prevarication
• falsity
• distortion
• ambiguity
• whopper
• fiction
• fib
• exaggeration
• defamation
• nonsense
• slander
• libel
• pose
• bluff
• perjury
• misconception
• misrepresentation
• obliquity
• deceit
• myth
• fraudulence
• half-truth
• equivocation
• fallacy
• falsification
• misinformation
• misstatement
• pretense
• duplicity
• dishonesty
• humbug
• jive
• canard
• deceitfulness
• misreport

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• truth
• fact
• honesty
• confirmation
• validation
• verification
• truthfulness
• truism
• veracity
• authentication
• verity
• substantiation

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fairy tale

Created by Professor Antonio Faeti, an author and educator, the museum features exhibits on the role of shoes in fairy tales, travelers in search of discoveries, children who risk getting lost in the forest and more. — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

There’s an uncanniness to 1970s Harlem here; a magical-realist urban sprawl that’s both palpably gritty and like something from a fairy tale. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026

The paranoid despot is a familiar trope, in fairy tales and in fact. — Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026

And while the characters could plausibly be of our world, Sterling Point, the place, might as well be a fairy tale land. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026