tales

The word “tales” has 1 syllable: tales

It's pronounced as /teɪlz/

What is synonym and antonym for tales?

In the thesaurus, “tales” has 131 synonyms and 15 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for tales along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for tales

account
accounts
ambiguities
amounts
anecdota
anecdote
anecdotes
annals
bedtime stories
bluffs
canard
canards
censuses
chestnut
chronicles
clothesline
cock-and-bull story
counts
deceits
defamation
defamations
detraction
dirt
dirty laundry
dishonesties
distortions
duplicities
episodes
equivocations
events
exaggeration
exaggerations
exempla
fable
fables
fabrication
fabrications
fairy tale
fairy tales
fallacies
falsehood
falsehoods
falsifications
falsities
falsity
fib
fibs
fiction
fictions
folk tale
folktales
fraudulences
gossip
grosses
half-truths
happenings
hearsay
histories
humbug
incidents
jives
jokes
legend
legends
libels
lie
lies
mendacities
misconceptions
misinformation
misreports
misrepresentation
misrepresentations
misstatements
myth
myths
narration
narrative
narratives
nonsense
novel
novelettes
novellas
novelle
obliquities
occurrences
parables
perjuries
poses
pretences
pretenses
prevarication
prevarications
recitals
recitations
records
recounts
relation
report
reports
rigmarole
romance
romances
rumor
saga
scandal
scores
scuttlebutt
short stories
short story
slander
slanders
spiel
stories
sums
talebearings
talks
tall story
tallies
taradiddles
tarradiddles
tattles
totals
untruism
untruth
untruths
whispers
wholes
whoppers
yarn
yarns

Antonyms for tales

authentications
confirmations
facts
honesties
honesty
non-fiction
praise
substantiations
truisms
truth
truths
validations
veracities
verifications
verities

Meanings of tales

noun
1. Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams.
2. Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in silver.
3. Leung, a traditional unit of weight, in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a catty or kan (斤) or 0.0377993638 kilograms.
4. An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
5. A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
6. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
7. The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.
8. Number; tally; quota.
9. Account; estimation; regard; heed.
10. Speech; language.
11. A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse.
12. A count; declaration.
13. A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum.
14. A report of any matter; a relation; a version.
15. A person available to fill vacancies in a jury.
16. A book or register of people available to fill jury vacancies.
17. A writ to summon people to court to fill vacancies in a jury.

Example Sentences

Tales of bravery and heroism have been passed down through generations.
She enjoys reading fairy tales to her younger siblings before bedtime.
The old man entertained us with fascinating tales of his travels around the world.
Urban tales often blend fact with fiction to create compelling narratives.
In literature class, we analyzed various cultural tales and their moral lessons.

On this page you'll find 146 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tales, such as: account, accounts, ambiguities, amounts, anecdota, anecdote, anecdotes.

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