Thesaurus / tales
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synonyms for tales
- rumor
- yarn
- fiction
- prevarication
- lie
- falsehood
- exaggeration
- falsity
- defamation
- canard
- detraction
- fib
- rigmarole
- slander
- untruth
- scandal
- misrepresentation
- spiel
- fabrication
- cock-and-bull story
- clothesline
- chestnut
- tall story
- untruism
antonyms for tales
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Monsieur,” growls the baron, “stone walls have ears, you say if only they had tongues; what tales these could tell!
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUHe could lie in bed and string himself tales of travel and adventure while Harry was downstairs.
KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW, BOOK IIRUDYARD KIPLINGHe carried tales, told lies, and tried to make trouble, for no reason but to gratify his inclinations.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOWSomething I had heard years ago, some old wives' tales about a man's life changing every seven years, kept dinning in my head.
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUSBut don't adopt the role of inquisitor—because I'm as good as dead, and dead men tell no tales.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRHe listened to tales of the Igorrotes, who live in huts like beehives and creep into them like insects.
ALILA, OUR LITTLE PHILIPPINE COUSINMARY HAZELTON WADEHe merely felt sorry that his sister could believe such tales—and forgave her without a single word.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODOne of the most humorous tales of modern fiction, combined with a very tender and appealing love story.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEBut no one who first saw him could believe that this was Oudinot, the hero of all these marvellous tales.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONBut I am taking up your time, sir, with my tales, and it wasn't to hear them you came here.
CAMILLE (LA DAME AUX CAMILIAS)ALEXANDRE DUMAS, FILS