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Synonyms for fable
ˈfeɪ bəlfa·ble
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Wiktionary
fablenoun
Synonyms:
morality playfablenoun
Synonyms:
legend
English Synonyms and Antonyms
fable
In modern usage we may say that an allegory is an extended simile, while a metaphor is an abbreviated simile contained often in a phrase, perhaps in a word. The simile carries its comparison on the surface, in the words as, like, or similar expressions; the metaphor is given directly without any note of comparison. The allegory, parable, or fable tells its story as if true, leaving the reader or hearer to discover its fictitious character and learn its lesson. All these are, in strict definition, fictions; but the word fiction is now applied almost exclusively to novels or romances. An allegory is a moral or religious tale, of which the moral lesson is the substance, and all descriptions and incidents but accessories, as in "The Pilgrim's Progress." A fable is generally briefer, representing animals as the speakers and actors, and commonly conveying some lesson of practical wisdom or shrewdness, as "The Fables of Æsop." A parable is exclusively moral or religious, briefer and less adorned than an allegory, with its lesson more immediately discernible, given, as it were, at a stroke. Any comparison, analogy, instance, example, tale, anecdote, or the like which serves to let in light upon a subject may be called an illustration, this word in its widest use including all the rest. Compare FICTION; STORY.
Synonyms:
allegory, fiction, illustration, metaphor, parable, simile
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Princeton's WordNet
fabrication, fiction, fablenoun
a deliberately false or improbable account
Synonyms:
lying, fictionalisation, fabrication, manufacturing, allegory, assembly, legend, parable, prevarication, apologue, fictionalization, fiction, manufacturefable, parable, allegory, apologuenoun
a short moral story (often with animal characters)
Synonyms:
legend, fabrication, allegory, emblem, parable, apologue, fictionlegend, fablenoun
a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
Synonyms:
allegory, fabrication, legend, parable, caption, apologue, fiction
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
fablenoun
Synonyms:
apologue (moral fable), fiction, fabrication, myth, untruth
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1735 | fiction | |
| #1988 | manufacturing | |
| #2379 | assembly | |
| #3456 | novel | |
| #3681 | romance | |
| #4042 | legend | |
| #6089 | tale | |
| #6685 | manufacture | |
| #7001 | illustration | |
| #7137 | lying | |
| #7155 | invention | |
| #8854 | myth | |
| #10635 | caption | |
| #12310 | fabrication | |
| #16708 | metaphor | |
| #17091 | emblem | |
| #19485 | fable | |
| #28819 | parable | |
| #41919 | falsehood | |
| #43061 | allegory | |
| #52307 | simile | |
| #108989 | untruth | |
| #218824 | prevarication |
How to use fable in a sentence?
The whole record is a' be careful what you wish for' fable, the monster of the performance heard me : You don't want to tour anymore ? Sit still for a year. How do you feel now ?
What is history but a fable agreed upon.
The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus by the Supreme Being in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.
I had to kind of squeeze it. and it's maybe the reason why the end result is a 'fable'. I stayed within the frame of something that is not a historical approach it's a much more poetic approach. If anything maybe too poetic, within the circumstances. But it's what came out over that short time.
I want people to see that Fable is going to be impactful on a child, there’s so much stuff out there that parents have to assess. With this, they know there is something that will make their children smarter, it’s something that will impact a child’s growth.
Translations for fable
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- أُسْطُورَةArabic
- təmsil, əfsanəAzerbaijani
- мәҫәлBashkir
- ба́йкаBelarusian
- съчинявам басни, изми́слица, измислям, ба́сня, при́тчаBulgarian
- bajkaCzech
- fable, fabulere, fabelDanish
- fabulieren, FabelGerman
- μύθοςGreek
- fabeloEsperanto
- fábulaSpanish
- valmEstonian
- افسانهPersian
- satu, tarina, juttu, puhua, sepittää, vale, taruFinnish
- conte, fableFrench
- סִפּוּרHebrew
- कल्पित कहानीHindi
- mese, költ, kohol, mesélHungarian
- առակArmenian
- fabelIndonesian
- fabloIdo
- dæmisagaIcelandic
- fiabaItalian
- מָשָׁלHebrew
- 寓話, 寓言Japanese
- იგავიGeorgian
- тамсилKazakh
- 우화Korean
- fabulatioLatin
- ນິທານLao
- pasakėčiaLithuanian
- fabulaLatvian
- pakikīrehe, kōrero taraMāori
- фабулира, измислува, ба́снаMacedonian
- fabelNorwegian
- fabelDutch
- fabelNorwegian Nynorsk
- bajkaPolish
- fábulaPortuguese
- povesteRomanian
- ба́сня, ба́йка, небыли́ца, вы́думка, басня, ска́зка, при́тчаRussian
- skazna, сказна, бајка, басна, bȃjka, basnaSerbo-Croatian
- rozprávka, bájkaSlovak
- basenSlovene
- fabul, përrallëAlbanian
- saga, berättelseSwedish
- hadithiSwahili
- афсона, масал, маталTajik
- ตำนานThai
- pabulaTagalog
- fabl, öykünceTurkish
- anansesemTwi
- ка́зка, ба́йкаUkrainian
- masalUzbek
- ngụ ngônVietnamese
- 寓言Chinese
- inganekwaneZulu
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