FAIRY STORY Synonyms

• a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk

• a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

• brief description accompanying an illustration

• a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

• a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

• consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story

• a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account

• a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

• a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events

• a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale

• a record or narrative description of past events

• a short account of the news

• a trivial lie

• a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

• a trivial lie

• a story about fairies; told to amuse children

• an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse

• a story about fairies; told to amuse children

• an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse

• an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse

• theatrical performance combining singing and dancing

• an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse