TALE

n. 1 story, narrative, report, account, record, chronicle, history, narration, recital, anecdote We were brought up on tales of the supernatural Her tale of what happened does not agree with the facts. 2 falsehood, lie, fiction, fib, fabrication, untruth, falsification, exaggeration, Colloq tall tale or story, (cock-and-bull) story, US fish story He told some tale about having been captured by urban guerrillas 3 rumour, gossip, slander, allegation, tittle-tattle, libel, story, US chiefly naval scuttlebutt I have been hearing tales about wild parties at the neighbours' again