Synonyms for tale
teɪltale

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1. tale

   Account carries the idea of a commercial summary. A statement is definite, confined to essentials and properly to matters within the personal knowledge of the one who states them; as, an ante-mortem statement. A narrative is a somewhat extended and embellished account of events in order of time, ordinarily with a view to please or entertain. A description gives especial scope to the pictorial element. A report (Latin re, back, and porto, bring), as its etymology implies, is something brought back, as by one sent to obtain information, and may be concise and formal or highly descriptive and dramatic. Compare ALLEGORY; HISTORY; RECORD.

   Synonyms:
   account, description, narration, narrative, recital, record, rehearsal, relation, report, rumor, statement, story

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1. tale

   Synonyms:
   story, narrative, incident, fiction, fable, romance, legend, recital, anecdote, relation

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1. narrative, narration, story, talenoun

   a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

   "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"

   Synonyms:
   tarradiddle, account, narrative, chronicle, storey, report, recital, story, yarn, taradiddle, news report, write up, level, floor, narration, history, fib

2. fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddlenoun

   a trivial lie

   "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"

   Synonyms:
   tosh, tarradiddle, account, narrative, chronicle, storey, report, boloney, tommyrot, story, bilgewater, humbug, taradiddle, bosh, news report, write up, level, drool, twaddle, baloney, floor, narration, history, fib

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1. • Lie

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1. talenoun

   Synonyms:
   story, fable, legend, narrative, relation, apologue, parable, novel, romance

2. talenoun

   Synonyms:
   account, count, reckoning

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1. talenoun

   Synonyms:
   story, romance, parable, apologue, legend, fable, narrative, myth, jeremiad (tale of sorrow)

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1. List of paraphrases for "tale":

   conte, story, fable, history, storytelling, fairy, legend, saga, stories

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1. David Fink:

   What it really offers is this cautionary tale that says a few things. One, the amount of money and resources that are going into these programs need to be evaluated to understand what their ultimate costs are, studies have come out in the past looking at reduced prescribing behavior, but we're taking it to the next level -- looking at fatal or nonfatal overdoses. And what we're seeing is that when you actually look at the literature, it isn't that strong to support.

2. Amy Johnson:

   The day after that, he was waiting at the bus stop all by himself, Lane revealed. He got on all smiles and talking to me the whole time, so he is doing much better now. In a larger sense, Lane said that she hopes the simple tale reminds others that the smallest acts of kindness can often have the biggest impacts in other peoples lives. You dont have to say anything, but just to show someone you are there, makes a big difference in someones day.

3. Chinese Proverb:

   The man who comes with a tale about others has himself an ax to grind.

4. Johnny Thornton:

   John McCown created a political strategy, and African Americans voted themselves into power, it has come to a point where( Hancock County) is one of the most impoverished in America. There is a wives' tale -- I don't know if it's true or not -- that some political leaders in Georgia have always said that if we can't vote the people of Hancock County out, we'll starve them out -- and there's been a disproportionate lack of growth to this particular community.

5. Art Caplan:

   This should never have happened, this is a cautionary tale.