noun
Meaning 1
A person who writes, tells, or extensively studies fables.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fabulator
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
A person who writes, tells, or extensively studies fables.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: fabulator
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A liar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
a person who tells or invents fables
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: narrator, storyteller, teller
Narrower terms: Aesop
History
Borrowed from French fabuliste. By surface analysis, fable + -ist, or, by surface analysis, fabula + -ist. Compare fabular.
Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.