Synonyms for fib

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : fib

Phonetic Transcription : fɪb

Top 10 synonyms for fib

Other synonyms for the word fib

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

Example sentences :

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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