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Detailed Synonyms for fib in English

fib:

to fib verbe (fibs, fibbed, fibbing)

  1. to fib
    to lie
    – tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive 1
    • lie verbe (lies, lay, lying)
      • Don't lie to your parents1
      • She lied when she told me she was only 291
    to fib
    • fib verbe (fibs, fibbed, fibbing)
  2. to fib
    to lie
    – tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive 1
    • lie verbe (lies, lay, lying)
      • Don't lie to your parents1
      • She lied when she told me she was only 291
    to fabricate; to fib; to make up
    • fabricate verbe (fabricates, fabricated, fabricating)
    • fib verbe (fibs, fibbed, fibbing)
    • make up verbe (makes up, made up, making up)
  3. to fib
    – tell a relatively insignificant lie 1
    to fib
    – tell a relatively insignificant lie 1
    • fib verbe (fibs, fibbed, fibbing)

Conjugations for fib:

present
  1. fib
  2. fib
  3. fibs
  4. fib
  5. fib
  6. fib
simple past
  1. fibbed
  2. fibbed
  3. fibbed
  4. fibbed
  5. fibbed
  6. fibbed
present perfect
  1. have fibbed
  2. have fibbed
  3. has fibbed
  4. have fibbed
  5. have fibbed
  6. have fibbed
past continuous
  1. was fibbing
  2. were fibbing
  3. was fibbing
  4. were fibbing
  5. were fibbing
  6. were fibbing
future
  1. shall fib
  2. will fib
  3. will fib
  4. shall fib
  5. will fib
  6. will fib
continuous present
  1. am fibbing
  2. are fibbing
  3. is fibbing
  4. are fibbing
  5. are fibbing
  6. are fibbing
subjunctive
  1. be fibbed
  2. be fibbed
  3. be fibbed
  4. be fibbed
  5. be fibbed
  6. be fibbed
diverse
  1. fib!
  2. let's fib!
  3. fibbed
  4. fibbing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

fib [the ~] nom

  1. the fib
    – a trivial lie 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 fib
    – a trivial lie 1
    the story; the tale; the fib; the taradiddle; the tarradiddle
    – a trivial lie 1
    • story [the ~] nom
      • how can I stop my child from telling stories?1
    • tale [the ~] nom
    • fib [the ~] nom
      • he told a fib about eating his spinach1
    • taradiddle [the ~] nom
    • tarradiddle [the ~] nom
  3. the fib
    the little lie; the fib

Related Words for "fib":

  • fibs

Alternate Synonyms for "fib":


Related Definitions for "fib":

  1. a trivial lie1
    • he told a fib about eating his spinach1
  2. tell a relatively insignificant lie1

Related Synonyms for fib