tales

[teylz, tey-leez] / teɪlz, ˈteɪ liz /

NOUN

story

Synonyms

STRONGEST

account anecdote fable fiction legend myth narrative novel short story yarn

STRONG

narration relation report romance saga

WEAK

fairy tale folk tale

Antonyms

STRONGEST

non-fiction truth

NOUN

made-up story

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fiction rumor yarn

STRONG

canard chestnut clothesline 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

non-fiction

Example Sentences

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Hundreds of you flooded my inbox with tales of your souvenir collections.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

Speaking afterwards, Swayne told the BBC, Hilaire Belloc's cautionary tales were his "favourite reading and a compendium of wisdom".

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

More tales of “bad bros” from Quentin Fottrell:

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

Robin doesn’t tell tall tales himself except once and when he does, you can understand why, but not why one listener in particular goes along with it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

They’d never seen a human up close, though they’d heard tales of them.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz