1. A deliberately false or improbable account
   "His story about being abducted by aliens was pure fable";
   - fabrication, fiction
    
2. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
   "Aesop's fables are classic examples of apologues";
   - parable, allegory, apologue, exemplum
    
3. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
   "Aesop's fables teach moral lessons through animal characters";
   - legend

1. Invent; speak of as true or real
   "The ancient storytellers would fable tales of gods and heroes"

Derived forms: fabled, fables, fabling

Type of: falsehood, falsity, story, untruth

Encyclopedia: Fable