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

Like all great fairy tales, the film’s period and setting are loose enough to grant its lessons a universal quality. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026

It's based on a Russian fairy tale called the Firebird, which is about a young prince who rescues a coterie of princesses from an evil sorcerer. — Libby Smith, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

The show was based in part on the classic fairy tale and also Jean Cocteau’s 1946 film La Belle et la Bête. — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026

Created by John Taras in 1982, the one-act ballet based on a Russian fairy tale was first choreographed by Michel Fokine in 1910. — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026