FAIRY STORY Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the phrase fairy story. (close relations)
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| fable | nounn | |||||
noun • a deliberately false or improbable account • a short moral story (often with animal characters) • a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events | ||||||
| folktale | nounn | |||||
noun • a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk | ||||||
| legend | nounn | |||||
noun • a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events • brief description accompanying an illustration | ||||||
| myth | nounn | |||||
noun • a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people | ||||||
| narrative | nounn | |||||
noun • 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 adjective satellite • consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story | ||||||
| saga | nounn | |||||
noun • a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account | ||||||
| story | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • 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 • a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events • a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale • a record or narrative description of past events • a short account of the news • a trivial lie | ||||||
| tale | nounn | |||||
noun • 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 • a trivial lie | ||||||
| fairytale | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a story about fairies; told to amuse children • an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse | ||||||
| fairy tale | nounn | |||||
noun • a story about fairies; told to amuse children • an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse | ||||||
| cock-and-bull story | nounn | |||||
noun • an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse | ||||||
| song and dance | nounn | |||||
noun • theatrical performance combining singing and dancing • an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse | ||||||
