Fantasy and Fable

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Fantasy noun - A conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality.

Usage example: a constant daydreamer who started to believe his own fantasies

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Fable is a synonym for fantasy in fabrication topic. In some cases you can use "Fable" instead a noun "Fantasy", when it comes to topics like myth.

Fable noun - A traditional but unfounded story that gives the reason for a current custom, belief, or fact of nature.

Usage example: according to an ancient fable the waters of the mountain spring are the tears of a woman weeping for her lost children

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Fantasy is a synonym for fable in fiction topic. You can use "Fantasy" instead a noun "Fable", if it concerns topics such as fabrication, folklore.

Nearby Word: fabled

similar	similar fantasy	similar fable
original	original fantasy	original fable
medieval	medieval fantasy	medieval fable
popular	popular fantasy	popular fable
Other adjectives: actual, dark, beautiful, famous, classic, bizarre, lighthearted, historical, surreal, European.

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