fib
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 trivial lie
he told a fib about eating his spinach
Types & categories
- prevarication hypernym
- cock-and-bull story hyponym
Related & opposite
- fib derivation
Sense 2 verb
tell a relatively insignificant lie
Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying
Types & categories
- lie hypernym
Related & opposite
- fibbing derivation
- taradiddle derivation
- fibber derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fib |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | prevarication |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cock-and-bull story |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fibbing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | taradiddle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fibber |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | lie |