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fairy tale

noun

1 fairy tale

A story about fairies; told to amuse children.

synonyms: fairy story, fairytale.

Roget 546: untruth, falsehood, lie, story, thing that is not, fib, bounce, crammer, taradiddle, whopper; jhuth.    forgery, fabrication, invention; ... show more

Roget 594: description, account, statement, report; expose etc. (disclosure) 529; specification, particulars; state of facts, summary of facts; brief ... show more

Dutch: sprookje
Polish: bajda, baśń

2 fairy tale

An interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse.

synonyms: cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairytale, song and dance.

Dutch: onzinverhaal


Moby thesaurus: Marchen, Western, Western story, Westerner, adventure story, allegory, apologue, bedtime story, blague, cock-and-bull story, detective story, exaggeration, fable, fabliau, falsehood, falsity, fantasy, farfetched story, farrago, fib ... show more.

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