fable
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a deliberately false or improbable account
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- fabulist derivation
- manufacture derivation
- fictionalize derivation
- fabulous derivation
- sham derivation
- fictitious derivation
Sense 2 noun
a short moral story (often with animal characters)
Types & categories
- story hypernym
- Aesop's fables hyponym
- Pilgrim's Progress instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- fabulist derivation
- allegorize derivation
- allegorize derivation
- mythical derivation
- allegorical derivation
- parabolic derivation
Sense 3 noun
a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
Types & categories
- story hypernym
- Arthurian legend hyponym
Related & opposite
- fabulist derivation
- fabled derivation
- mythical derivation
- Holy Grail has domain topic
- King Arthur's Round Table has domain topic
- hagiology has domain topic
- Midas has domain topic
- Sisyphus has domain topic
- Tristan has domain topic
- Iseult has domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fabulist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | manufacture |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fictionalize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fabulous |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sham |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fictitious |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | falsehood |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | canard |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fabulist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | allegorize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | allegorize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mythical |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | allegorical |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | parabolic |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | story |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Aesop's fables |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Pilgrim's Progress |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fabulist |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fabled |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mythical |
| 3 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | Holy Grail |
| 3 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | King Arthur's Round Table |
| 3 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | hagiology |
| 3 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | Midas |
| 3 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | Sisyphus |
| 3 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | Tristan |
| 3 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | Iseult |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | story |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Arthurian legend |