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Detailed Synonyms for fairytale in English

fairytale:

fairytale [the ~] nom

  1. the fairytale
    – an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse 1
    the fairytale
    – an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse 1
    the delusion
    – the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas 1
    the fiction; the fable
    – a deliberately false or improbable account 1
    the fib; the story
    – a trivial lie 1
    • fib [the ~] nom
      • he told a fib about eating his spinach1
    • story [the ~] nom
      • how can I stop my child from telling stories?1
    the old wive's tale
  2. the fairytale
    – an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse 1
    the fairytale; the fairy tale; the song and dance; the cock-and-bull story; the fairy story
    – an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse 1
  3. the fairytale
    the fairytale; the fable; the story
  4. the fairytale
    – a story about fairies; told to amuse children 1
    the fairytale; the fairy tale; the fairy story
    – a story about fairies; told to amuse children 1

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Related Definitions for "fairytale":

  1. an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse1
  2. a story about fairies; told to amuse children1

Related Synonyms for fairytale