FAIRY STORY
Dictionary entry overview: What does fairy story mean?
• FAIRY STORY (noun)
The noun FAIRY STORY has 2 senses:
1. a story about fairies; told to amuse children
2. an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
Familiarity information: FAIRY STORY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FAIRY STORY (noun)
Meaning:
A story about fairies; told to amuse children
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
fairy story; fairy tale; fairytale
Hypernyms ("fairy story" is a kind of...):
narration; narrative; story; tale (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)
Domain member category:
Bluebeard ((fairytale) a monstrous villain who marries seven women; he kills the first six for disobedience)
Meaning:
An interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
cock-and-bull story; fairy story; fairy tale; fairytale; song and dance
Hypernyms ("fairy story" is a kind of...):
fib; story; tale; taradiddle; tarradiddle (a trivial lie)
