| fable(noun, literature, religion, feature, report) |
| story(noun, account, moral, fantasy) |
| fiction(noun, literature, belief, account) |
| fabrication(noun, literature, nonfiction, fantasy) |
| figment(noun, belief, real, fantasy) |
| folklore(noun, body, knowledge, custom) |
| folk tale(noun, expression, idiom, account) |
| invention(noun, literature, confusion, deception, belief) |
| lore(noun, body, knowledge, story) |
| untruth(noun, literature, mistake, nonfiction) |
| falsehood(noun, literature, mistake, nonfiction) |
| fib(noun, literature, nonfiction, fantasy) |
| yarn(noun, literature, feature, report, account) |
| cock-and-bull story(noun, expression, deception, story) |
| fairy story(noun, expression, idiom, fantasy) |
| prevarication(dishonesty, fantasy, story, deceit) |
| tall tale(noun, expression, story, invention) |
| whopper(fantasy, story, deceit, book) |
| canard(story, invention, untruth, fabrication) |
| concoction(noun, literature, nonfiction, fantasy) |