Definitions

clothesline

[klohz-lahyn, klohthz-] / ˈkloʊzˌlaɪn, ˈkloʊðz- /

NOUN

fiction

Synonyms

STRONGEST

best seller book drama fable fantasy imagination legend myth narrative novel tale yarn

STRONG

anecdote concoction crock fabrication falsehood fancy fib hooey improvisation invention lie misrepresentation potboiler prevarication romance smoke untruth whopper

WEAK

cliff-hanger figment of imagination fish story storytelling tall story terminological inexactitude work of imagination

Antonyms

STRONGEST

nonfiction reality truth

NOUN

gossip

Synonyms

STRONGEST

buzz chatter chitchat conversation hearsay news scandal slander tale

STRONG

account babble blather blether calumny chronicle cry defamation earful grapevine injury meddling prate prattle report scuttlebutt story talk wire

WEAK

back-fence talk dirty laundry dirty linen dirty wash idle talk malicious talk small talk whispering campaign

Antonyms

STRONG

quiet silence

WEAK

fact

NOUN

hearsay

Synonyms

STRONGEST

gossip

STRONG

comment cry grapevine leak noise report rumble rumor scandal scuttlebutt talk

WEAK

mere talk talk of the town word of mouth

Antonyms

STRONG

quiet silence

WEAK

evidence proof reality testimony truth

NOUN

line drive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

liner

WEAK

line shot rope

NOUN

tale

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fiction rumor yarn

STRONG

canard chestnut 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

nonfiction

NOUN

talebearing

Synonyms

WEAK

account babble back-fence talk blather blether buzz calumny chatter chitchat chronicle conversation cry defamation dirty laundry dirty linen dirty wash earful gossipry grapevine hearsay idle talk injury malicious talk meddling news prate prattle report rumor scandal scuttlebutt slander small talk story tale talk tattle tittle-tattle whispering campaign wire word

Example Sentences

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I use a clothesline on the balcony and a laundromat nearby in case I have an urgent need to dry things.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Inside the Airbnb, he was surprised to find a clothesline instead of a dryer.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

Eleven-year-old Arakel is holding his cardboard model of a house with a retractable clothesline.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025

If time was like a clothesline, I wanted to do it for as long as ever.

From Salon • May 22, 2024

Gertrustein was on her back porch, hanging a dishtowel on the clothesline there.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

clothesline

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