fairytale

Examples

• All

• Life is not a fairytale: "We both had to enter into this cooperative relationship with faith."

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• He dismissed the politician's claims as just another fairytale to gain votes.

• Then peace is just a fairytale for the two countries.

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• Every single one of them loves to believe in some sort of fairytale, offer the illusion of security, just pretend everything is gonna be okay.

  Old Fashioned (2014)

• Yeah, that is a fairytale that Dylan tells himself, and tells us.

  Now You See Me 2 (2016)

• Many in the U.S. buy into a twisted fairytale of going back in time to an America controlled exclusively by white men.

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• Unfortunately, life doesn't always have a fairytale ending.

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• Well, that's your side of the fairytale, isn't it?

  Repo Men (2010)

• It's a fairytale.

  Agony (2017)

• Here is why: The fairytale ending to Knopp's story doesn't ring true to me.

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Synonyms

S

story

vsfairytale

• Informal

∞ 7.5

A lie told to avoid trouble

is stronger, stressing implausibility and possible deceptive purpose

F

fantasy

vsfairytale

453 3.7

A wrong idea that many people believe

is similar but applies to single invented stories used to deceive

F

fiction

vsfairytale

271 2.0

A made-up story or statement that is not true

narrows this to implausible accounts often used as excuses

T

tale

vsfairytale

133 5.1

A false story someone tells, often small and harmless

is similar but stresses implausible excuses and adult deception too

Y

yarn

vsfairytale

• Informal

20 7.2

A long story that is probably not true

is closer in falsehood but usually adds a purpose of excuse or deception

T

tall tale

vsfairytale

• Literature

19 4.0

A story that says things are bigger or more amazing than they really are to be funny

differs by adding that such stories are often used to deceive

F

fairy tale

vsfairytale

• Informal

15 3.4

A made-up story told to hide the truth or deceive people

is the same idea and used in the same deceptive situations

F

fable

vsfairytale

10 4.9

A false story told to trick or impress people

is similar but emphasizes excuse or deception rather than mythic form

C

cock-and-bull story

vsfairytale

• Informal

1 6.3

An absurd lie used to avoid blame or trick someone

shares the absurdity but is not limited to excuses alone

S

song and dance

vsfairytale

• Informal

1 7.2

A complicated story used as an excuse to avoid blame

is broader, covering any unlikely tale not only elaborate pretexts

F

fairy story

vsfairytale

• UK

1 5.5

A made up story told to hide the truth

focuses on the same implausibility but is more general in use

T

tall story

vsfairytale

• Informal

1 7.3

A made-up tale that is hard to believe

adds the idea that such accounts are used as excuses or deception

F

Fibber's tale

vsfairytale

• Informal

9.7

A false story made to hide the truth

is the same false idea but highlights general implausibility over liar identity

S

storytime

vsfairytale

• Informal

7.0

A made-up or exaggerated story that is unlikely to be true

focuses more on implausible excuses rather than sarcastic disbelief

W

whangdoodle of a story

vsfairytale

• Archaic

9.9

A made-up story told in a big, exciting way to amuse people

differs by stressing deceptive or excusing intent rather than pure entertainment

Antonyms

F

fact

∞ 1.0

Something that can be shown to be true, not an opinion

T

truth

∞ 1.0

A fact that shows how things really are

How Believable

fact

∞ 1.0

account

466 3.0

story

∞ 1.0

fairytale

• Informal

10 4.6

lie

∞ 2.7

tall tale

• Literature

19 4.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology