Another word for tall tale
- (Informal)
An entertaining and often oral account of a real or fictitious occurrence:
anecdote, fable, story, tale. (Informal) yarn. See words - (Informal)
An untrue declaration:
canard, cock-and-bull story, falsehood, falsity, fib, fiction, inveracity, lie2, misrepresentation, misstatement, prevarication, story, tale, untruth. (Informal) fish story. (Slang) whopper. See true
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