| tale(noun, literature, feature, report, line) |
| fable(noun, literature, feature, report, deception) |
| story(noun, report, line, deception, detail) |
| fiction(noun, literature, line, deception, account) |
| tall tale(noun, expression, idiom, informal, deception) |
| fabrication(noun, literature, line, deception) |
| line(noun, deception, account, sham) |
| fib(noun, literature, deception, sham) |
| falsehood(noun, literature, line, nonfiction) |
| invention(noun, literature, line, nonfiction) |
| tall story(noun, expression, literature, nonfiction) |
| cock-and-bull story(noun, expression, story, exaggeration) |
| exaggeration(noun, fancy, line, exaggeration) |
| myth(noun, literature, feature, report, account) |
| prevarication(noun, literature, line, deception) |
| untruth(noun, literature, line, deception) |
| whopper(noun, literature, line, deception) |
| fairy story(noun, expression, story, deceit) |
| fake(noun, deceit, falsehood, invention) |
| falsity(noun, line, deception, sham) |