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fibber

fibber

3 5.5
A person who tells small, often harmless lies about unimportant things
  • noun
  • /ˈfɪbər/
  • Informal
translation icon : mentiroso
  • You're a big fibber.
  • big fibber
  • fat fibber

Examples

Synonyms

liar
vsfibber
  • Offensive
707 1.0

A person who often says things that are not true

tells mainly small harmless lies rather than frequent habitual lying
bullshitter
vsfibber
  • Offensive
8 9.9

A person who often lies and makes up stories to impress or trick people

tells small harmless lies with concern for truth rather than disregard
storyteller
vsfibber
  • Offensive
4 6.4

A person who makes up lies to trick people

tells trivial lies not mainly to deceive others seriously
fabricator
vsfibber
  • Offensive
1 7.1

A person who makes up stories to trick people

tells small trivial lies rather than serious invented stories
Pinocchio
vsfibber
  • Offensive
7.0

A person who tells obvious, childish lies

tells minor harmless lies that are less obvious and more mature

Antonyms

1 3.8

A person who never lies, even when it is hard

How Honest

truthteller
1 3.8
fibber
  • Informal
3 5.5
liar
  • Offensive
707 1.0

Surface Forms

fibber singular
fibbers plural

Morphology

fibber = fib (transparent) = fib + er

Clear agentive derivation from the verb 'fib' with the productive suffix '-er', yielding 'person who tells fibs'.

Etymology

The word fibber comes from the short word fib meaning 'a small lie' and the ending -er that makes a word for a person, so a fibber is 'one who tells small or harmless lies'.