tale
nounHow many syllables in tale?
There is 1 syllable in the word tale.How to pronounce tale:
Definition of tale:
- tale (noun):
- a report, account, or story
- a usually imaginative narrative of an event story
- 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.
Synonyms for tale:
account
anecdote
canard
conte
content
fable
fairy story
fairy tale
fairytale
fib
fiction
folk tale
folktale
legend
message
narration
narrative
novel
nursery rhyme
relation
romance
saga
short story
sob story
sob stuff
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Antonyms for tale:
actuality
actualness
axiom
confirmed facts
directness
documentary
entertainment
fact
factuality
frankness
fun
ignorance
materiality
non-fiction
nonfiction
openness
real life
realism
reality
revelation
steal
substance
substantiality
tangibility
the real world
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