Synonyms and Antonyms of tale

synonym (synonym of tale)

  • (noun.communication)
    narration, narrative, story
    a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television more.. (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    fib, story, taradiddle, tarradiddle
    a trivial lie (noun.communication)
     

hypernym (tale IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program (noun.communication)
    content, message, subject matter, substance
    what a communication that is about something is about (noun.communication)
     
  • a trivial lie (noun.communication)
    lie, prevarication
    a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth (noun.communication)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF tale relation)

  • a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program (noun.communication)
    tearjerker
    an excessively sentimental narrative (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    tall tale
    an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    folk tale, folktale
    a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    sob story, sob stuff
    a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress; designed to arouse sympathy (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale
    a story about fairies; told to amuse children (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    nursery rhyme
    a tale in rhymed verse for children (noun.communication)
     
  • a trivial lie (noun.communication)
    cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, song and dance
    an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse (noun.communication)
     

instance hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF tale relation (represent specific [usually real-world] instances of something))

  • a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program (noun.communication)
    canterbury tales
    an uncompleted series of tales written after 1387 by Geoffrey Chaucer (noun.communication)
     

derivation (.... is derived from tale)

  • (verb.communication)
    tell
    let something be known (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    narrate, recite, recount, tell
    narrate or give a detailed account of (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    narrate
    provide commentary for a film, for example (verb.communication)
     
  • a trivial lie (noun.communication)
    fib
    tell a relatively insignificant lie (verb.communication)
     
synonym hypernym hyponym instance hyponym derivation narration narrative story fib lie prevarication content message cock-and-bull story fairy story tearjerker tall tale folk tale folktale canterbury tales fib tell narrate
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. narration, narrative, story . fib, story, taradiddle, tarradiddle . content, message, subject matter, substance . lie, prevarication . tearjerker . tall tale . folk tale, folktale . sob story, sob stuff . fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale . nursery rhyme . cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, song and dance . canterbury tales . tell . narrate, recite, recount, tell . narrate . fib


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