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Synonyms for fib
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : fib |
Phonetic Transcription : fɪb |
Top 10 synonyms for fib Other synonyms for the word fib
- create fiction
- fairy tale
- falsity
- fiction
- invent
- invention
- jazz
- jive
- line
- make up
- mendacity
- misrepresentation
- palter
- plant
- prevaricate
- prevarication
- promote
- shovel
- speak with forked tongue
- spinach
- story
- stretch the truth
- tale
- tell a little white lie
- trump up
- untruth
- untruthfulness
- white lie
- whopper
- yarn
Définition of fib
Origin :- 1610s, of uncertain origin, perhaps from fibble-fable "nonsense" (1580s), a reduplication of fable.
- noun undetailed lie
- verb tell an undetailed lie
- She led him back to bed, soothing him like a child, lulling him with a fib.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- You are not telling me a fib, I hope, about keeping up a clear fire?
- Extract from : « Brother Copas » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- Then all that tale about finding the Eagles' Nest without help was a—fib!
- Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown
- "Why, you told a right up and down——fib," said Susy, looking shocked.
- Extract from : « Little Prudy » by Sophie May
- Of course it does; but you can't have secrecy without a fib or two.
- Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade
- "That's a fib, you've got them in your own pocket," bawled Demi, roused by the false accusation.
- Extract from : « Little Men » by Louisa May Alcott
- Don't let my displeasure be too fierce with him for a fib or two on his own account.
- Extract from : « Roundabout Papers » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Well, sir, I grieve to have to confess that I told you a fib.
- Extract from : « Roundabout Papers » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Very merry tea (what a fib, when we have had no tea this month).
- Extract from : « Yr Ynys Unyg » by Julia de Winton
- That was a fib; but what could she do, poor girl, when so pressed?
- Extract from : « Orley Farm » by Anthony Trollope
Antonyms for fib
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