tales

[teylz, tey-leez] / teɪlz, ˈteɪ liz /

NOUN

story

Synonyms

STRONGEST

account anecdote fable fiction legend myth narrative novel short story yarn

STRONG

narration relation report romance saga

WEAK

fairy tale folk tale

Antonyms

STRONGEST

non-fiction truth

NOUN

made-up story

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fiction rumor yarn

STRONG

canard chestnut clothesline defamation detraction exaggeration fabrication falsehood falsity fib lie misrepresentation prevarication rigmarole scandal slander spiel untruth

WEAK

cock-and-bull story tall story untruism

Antonyms

STRONGEST

truth

STRONG

honesty praise

WEAK

non-fiction

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tales

And like all fairy tales, it has something to tell us about how we are transformed as we encounter the strange and terrifying and magnificent.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Rags-to-riches stories tend to be as fabulistic as tales designed to sell the upper class as fair and solicitous to the needs of working people, or amenable to Cinderella fantasies.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

There are countless tales of prolific academy strikers who never make the top level in senior football.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

She has wanted to take a crack at adapting the tales pretty much ever since.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

“I can’t wait to see Pa. Hug your ma. We’ll have some tales to share, Will.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes