The tale is familiar to us.
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Tale
/ˈteːl/
Synonyms for "tale" (142 found)
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Closest matches (29)
accountaggregateallamountanecdotageanecdoteback-fence gossipbackbitingbackstabbingbe-all and end-allbelittlementblaguebox scorecalumnycanardcastchitchatchroniclecock-and-bull storycount
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Strong matches (42)
descriptiondetractiondifferencedisparagemententiretyenumerateepiceposexaggerationfabricationfairy talefalsehoodfalsificationfalsityfarfetched storyfarragofibfictionfish storyflam
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flimflamghost storygossipgossipinggossipmongeringgossiprygroundless rumorhalf truthhalf-truthhistoryidle talkinventionlegal fictionlibellie
Adjective(2 words)
german geschichtegothic wato narrative
Related words (71)
little white liemendacitymisrepresentationmythnarrationnarrativenewsmongeringnovelnumbernumeratepiece of gossippious fictionprevaricationproductquantityrecitalreckoningrecordreportrumor
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sagascandalscorescuttlebuttslanderslight stretchingsongstorysumsum totalsummationtalebearingtaletellingtalktall storytall taletallytaradiddletattletellthe bottom linethe storythe whole storytittle tattletittle-tattletotaltotalitytotetrumped-up storyuntruthversionwhite liewholex numberyamyarn
Noun(14 words)
narrationnarrationsnarrative accountnarrativesogre mythrigamarolesrumorsshared storyshtiklstoriestaradiddletarradiddleyarnyarns
Adjective(1 words)
narrative production
Related word relations
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5 entriesCollocations
5 entriesbedtime talefairy talefolk taleshort taletall tale
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriestale tellertale telling
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
The little girl was absorbed in reading a fairy tale.
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The author translated the fairy tale into our mother tongue.
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The pitiful tale fetched tears from the girl.
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