Synonyms
Noun
- fable
- fabrication
- fairy tale
- falsehood
- falsity
- lie
- mendacity
- prevarication
- story
- tale
- taradiddle
- tarradiddle
- untruth
- whopper
Verb (1)
Verb (2)
- bash
- baste
- bat
- batter
- beat
- belabor
- belt
- birch
- bludgeon
- buffet
- bung up
- club
- curry
- do
- drub
- flog
- hammer
- hide
- lace
- lambaste
- lambast
- lash
- lather
- lick
- maul
- mess (up)
- paddle
- pelt
- pommel
- pound
- pummel
- punch out
- rough (up)
- slate
- slog
- switch
- tan
- thrash
- thresh
- thump
- tromp
- wallop
- whale
- whip
- whop
- whap
- whup
- work over
Examples of fib in a Sentence
Noun
I have to admit that I told a fib when I said I enjoyed the movie.
Is she telling fibs again?
Verb (1)
fibbed and said that he had remembered to water her plants while she was away
Verb (2)
the two drunken pub crawlers proceeded to fib each other senseless
Recent Examples on the Web
Dan Reilly, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2024
But Chris is also a typical kid trying to figure things out in real time, as friendships change and humiliating social encounters reverberate and impromptu fibs turn into pathological chains of lies.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2024
Kerensa Cadenas, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2024
In 1924, a 20-year-old Chicagoan fibbed his way into the Olympics and won three gold medals at the swimming competition in Paris.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2024
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Noun
That’s just the setup for this episode, which centers on Hurley and his struggles to maintain the titular fib.
—Dan Reilly, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2024
But Chris is also a typical kid trying to figure things out in real time, as friendships change and humiliating social encounters reverberate and impromptu fibs turn into pathological chains of lies.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2024
Verb
Bier was able to spot who may have fibbed about their dancing abilities, but the credits also tap into what makes the show so fun.
—Kerensa Cadenas, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2024
In 1924, a 20-year-old Chicagoan fibbed his way into the Olympics and won three gold medals at the swimming competition in Paris.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2024
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“Fib.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fib. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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