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English noun: fable

1. fable (communication) a deliberately false or improbable account


Synonymsfabrication, fiction


Broader (hypernym)falsehood, falsity, untruth


Narrower (hyponym)canard

2. fable (communication) a short moral story (often with animal characters)


Synonymsallegory, apologue, parable


Broader (hypernym)story


Narrower (hyponym)Aesop's fables


Instance hyponymPilgrim's Progress

3. fable (communication) a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events


Synonymslegend


Broader (hypernym)story


Narrower (hyponym)Arthurian legend


Domain category membersgrail, hagiology, Holy Grail, Iseult, Isolde, King Arthur's Round Table, Midas, Round Table, Sangraal, Sisyphus, Tristan, Tristram









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