FABLES Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word fables. (close relations)
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| legend | nounn | |||||
noun • a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events • brief description accompanying an illustration | ||||||
| devise | verbv | |||||
noun • a will disposing of real property • (law) a gift of real property by will verb • come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort • arrange by systematic planning and united effort • give by will, especially real property | ||||||
| feign | verbv | |||||
verb • make believe with the intent to deceive • make a pretence of | ||||||
| invent | verbv | |||||
verb • come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort • concoct something artificial or untrue | ||||||
| morality play | nounn | |||||
noun • an allegorical play popular in the 15th and 16th centuries; characters personified virtues and vices | ||||||
| allegory | nounn | |||||
noun • a short moral story (often with animal characters) • a visible symbol representing an abstract idea • an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor | ||||||
| apologue | nounn | |||||
noun • a short moral story (often with animal characters) | ||||||
| fabrication | nounn | |||||
noun • a deliberately false or improbable account • writing in a fictional form • the act of making something (a product) from raw materials • the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) • the deliberate act of deviating from the truth | ||||||
| fiction | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact • a deliberately false or improbable account | ||||||
| parable | nounn | |||||
noun • a short moral story (often with animal characters) • (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message | ||||||
