Synonyms of fairy tales

fairy tales

noun

plural of fairy tale

as in lies

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

• lies
• tales
• stories
• taradiddles
• falsehoods
• fibs
• fables
• prevarications
• fabrications
• untruths
• mendacities
• whoppers
• falsities
• ambiguities
• distortions
• fraudulences
• exaggerations
• fictions
• half-truths
• defamations
• libels
• obliquities
• slanders
• nonsense
• equivocations
• bluffs
• poses
• deceits
• myths
• perjuries
• misconceptions
• misinformation
• fallacies
• pretenses
• misrepresentations
• misstatements
• dishonesties
• falsifications
• duplicities
• humbug
• canards
• jives
• misreports

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• truths
• facts
• verities
• truisms
• honesties
• veracities
• confirmations
• verifications
• validations
• substantiations
• authentications

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fairy tales

Along the narrow hallway, bookshelves burst with first editions of John Updike, battered Stephen Kings, graphic novels, dime-store paperbacks, board games, books about mythology, children’s fairy tales, and Warhammer rule sets. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 July 2026

When the Italian artist Gaia Alari was a little girl, her father, Gabriele, used to read her fairy tales in the evening. — Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 9 July 2026

Kindergarten teachers say that many of their students don’t know nursery rhymes or fairy tales, Benjamin Powers, the director of Yale and the University of Connecticut’s Haskins Global Literacy Hub, told me. — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

Andersen had sent Dickens a copy of his fairy tales translated into English, and Dickens neglected to show the children. — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 10 June 2026

The theater is known for goofy, campy, original musical theater shows that riotously riff on fairy tales, folklore, TV shows and other familiar cultural tropes. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026

Like all fairy tales, the love story between Dua Lipa and Callum Turner has reached its happy ending. — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 7 June 2026

Because fairy tales, historically, have predominantly been women’s stories, told by women to women. — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026

From Hollywood to Shakespeare to fairy tales, these patterns are hiding in plain sight. — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026