All fable synonyms

noun fable

• fantasy — imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
• parable — a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
• myth — a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.
• yarn — thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
• fiction — works of this class, as novels or short stories: detective fiction.
• tale — a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story: a tale about Lincoln's dog.
• fantasy — imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
• legend — a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
• hogwash — refuse given to hogs; swill.
• lie — Jonas, 1880–1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
• falsehood — a false statement; lie. Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication, falsification, canard, invention, fiction, story.
• invention — the act of inventing.
• crock — A crock is a clay pot or jar.
• romance — Music. a short, simple melody, vocal or instrumental, of tender character.
• apologue — an allegory or moral fable
• whopper — WarGames
• fib — a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.
• figment — a mere product of mental invention; a fantastic notion: The noises in the attic were just a figment of his imagination.
• untruth — the state or character of being untrue.
• allegory — An allegory is a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political.
• fabrication — the act or process of fabricating; manufacture.
• bunk — A bunk is a bed that is fixed to a wall, especially in a ship or caravan.
• bestiary — a moralizing medieval collection of descriptions (and often illustrations) of real and mythical animals
• story — a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
• storey — story2 .
• fairy tale — a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.
• fish story — an exaggerated or incredible story: It was just another one of his fish stories.
• white lie — a minor, polite, or harmless lie; fib.
• old chestnut — old saying, cliché