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Synonyms for tall tale
noun farfetched storyMore words related to tall tale
anecdote
noun. interesting or amusing story
anecdotes
noun. interesting or amusing story
cock-and-bull story
noun. interesting but unbelievable story
falsehood
noun. lie
- canard
- cover-up
- deceit
- deception
- dishonesty
- dissimulation
- distortion
- equivocation
- erroneousness
- error
- fable
- fabrication
- fakery
- fallaciousness
- fallacy
- falseness
- falsity
- feigning
- fib
- fibbery
- fiction
- figment
- fraud
- half truth
- hogwash
- line
- mendacity
- misstatement
- perjury
- pretense
- prevarication
- sham
- story
- tale
- tall tale
- untruism
- untruth
- untruthfulness
- whopper
- yarn
fish story
noun. exaggerated story
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