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fabulist

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈfæbjəlɪst/

1

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

2

noun

Meaning 2

A liar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a person who tells or invents fables

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: narrator, storyteller, teller

Narrower terms: Aesop

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French fabuliste. By surface analysis, fable + -ist, or, by surface analysis, fabula + -ist. Compare fabular.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: баснописец (basnopisec) — one who writes or tells fables
  • Catalan: fabulista — one who writes or tells fables
  • Finnish: sadunkertoja — one who writes or tells fables
  • Finnish: satusetä — one who writes or tells fables
  • German: Fabeldichter — one who writes or tells fables
  • German: Fabeldichterin — one who writes or tells fables
  • Irish: fabhalscéalaí — one who writes or tells fables
  • Polish: bajkopisarz — one who writes or tells fables
  • Polish: bajkopis — one who writes or tells fables
  • Polish: bajopis — one who writes or tells fables
  • Portuguese: fabulista — one who writes or tells fables
  • Spanish: fabulista — one who writes or tells fables
  • Esperanto: fablisto — a liar
  • Finnish: satuilija — a liar
  • Finnish: satusetä — a liar
  • French: mythomane — a liar
  • German: Fabulierer — a liar
  • German: Fabuliererin — a liar
  • Polish: blagier — a liar
  • Polish: blagierka — a liar
  • Polish: kłamca — a liar