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

For one night, partygoers got to revel in a fairy tale where women ruled the world. — Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026

So David decided to follow in the footsteps of Cinderella and Snow White and pretty much every Disney movie and Grimm fairy tale ever — and killed off Buddy’s mom. — Andy Richter With Aaron Karo, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2026

The True Blood actor plays a character who seems like the ideal husband for Olivia Colman’s Fisherwoman in the steamy fairy tale about a town outcast who commissions Peter Dinklage’s Basketmaker to craft her a partner. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2026

Pedro gave me permission, with his effervescence and his sadness and his ability to mask his sadness, to go after the fairy tale. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026