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apologue

Main Entry:
apologue [ap-uh-lawg, -log]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: legend
Synonyms: allegory, fable, parable, story
Main Entry: fable
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fantasy, story
Synonyms: allegory, apologue, bestiary, bunk, crock, fabrication, fairy story, fairy tale, falsehood, fantasy, fib, fiction, figment, fish story, hogwash, invention, legend, lie, myth, old chestnut, old saw, one for the birds, parable, romance, tale, tall story, untruth, white lie, whopper, yarn
Notes: a fable is a short instructional tale, while a fairytale (or fairy tale) is told as amusement
Antonyms: truth
Main Entry: myth
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fictitious story, often ancient
Synonyms: allegory, apologue, creation, delusion, fable, fabrication, fairy story, fancy, fantasy, fiction, figment, folk ballad, folk tale, illusion, imagination, invention, legend, lore, mythos, parable, saga, superstition, tale, tall story, tradition
Antonyms: fact, non-fiction, truth
Main Entry: story
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: account, news
Synonyms: adventure, allegory, anecdote, apologue, article, autobiography, beat, biography, book, chronicle, cliffhanger, comedy, conte, description, drama, epic, fable, fairy tale, fantasy, feature, fiction, folktale, gag, history, information, legend, long and short of it, memoir, myth, narration, narrative, news item, nonfiction, novel, old saw, parable, potboiler, recital, record, relation, report, romance, saga, scoop*, sequel, serial, spiel*, tale, tragedy, version, yarn
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