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FAIRY TALE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FAIRY TALE?

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Associations of "Fairy tale" (30 Words)

Associations of "Fairy tale" (30 Words)

buffoon	A ridiculous but amusing person; a clown.
centaur	A mythical being that is half man and half horse.
chimpanzee	A great ape with large ears, mainly black coloration, and lighter skin on the face, native to the forests of west and central Africa. Chimpanzees show advanced behaviour such as the making and using of tools.
conjure	Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic. Anne conjured up a delicious home made hotpot.
dryad	A dark brown Eurasian butterfly with two prominent bluish eyespots on each forewing.
dwarf	A person who is of unusually or abnormally small stature because of a congenital condition a person affected by dwarfism. The lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines.
fanciful	Existing only in the imagination. A fanciful* mind.*
genie	A spirit of Arabian folklore, frequently depicted as being imprisoned within a bottle or oil lamp and as being capable of granting wishes when summoned.
giant	Used in names of very large animals and plants e g giant hogweed giant tortoise. Walton built a retail giant.
gnome	A person regarded as having secret or sinister influence in financial matters. The gnomes of Zurich.
illusion	An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers. Stripes embellish the surface to create the illusion* of various wood grain textures.*
imaginary	(of a number or quantity) expressed in terms of the square root of a negative number (usually the square root of −1, represented by i or j). A small child s imaginary* friends.*
imp	(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous. A cheeky young imp.
legend	A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but not authenticated. See legend* to Fig 1.*
legerdemain	Deception; trickery. A classic piece of management legerdemain.
lore	A body of traditions and knowledge on a subject or held by a particular group, typically passed from person to person by word of mouth. Baseball lore.
magic	Move change or create by or as if by magic. It was a great time magic.
monster	An imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts. This is a monster* of a book almost 500 pages.*
mythical	Occurring in or characteristic of myths or folk tales. A mythical* customer whose name appears in brochures promoting the bank s services.*
mythology	A set of stories or beliefs about a particular person, institution, or situation, especially when exaggerated or fictitious. This field includes archaeology comparative mythology* and folklore.*
ogre	(in folklore) a man-eating giant. It is clear that I am no ogre.
princess	A woman or thing regarded as pre-eminent in a particular sphere or group. Is something the matter princess.
pygmy	Used in names of animals and plants that are much smaller than more typical kinds e g pygmy shrew pygmy water lily. Charles VIII of France was a pygmy.
rapscallion	A mischievous person. They were the rapscallions behind this practical joke.
sylph	An elemental being believed to inhabit the air. An oh so slim sylph* dressed in a black leotard.*
talisman	An object, typically an inscribed ring or stone, that is thought to have magic powers and to bring good luck. Those rings so fresh and gleaming were their talismans.
thaumaturgy	An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers. He attracts people by his thaumaturgy.
troll	A fisherman s lure that is used in trolling. He used a spinner as his troll.
unicorn	A heraldic representation of a unicorn with a twisted horn a deer s feet a goat s beard and a lion s tail. An album like this is something of a unicorn.
urchin	A hedgehog. He was surrounded by a dozen street urchins in rags.