fabulist

noun

ˈfa-byə-list How to pronounce fabulist (audio)
Definition of fabulistnext
as in liar
a person who tells lies a once highly admired journalist whose reputation is now that of a disgraced fabulist

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Recent Examples of fabulist His role model is, of course, the political disrupter and fabulist-in-chief currently occupying the White House. — Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026 The Dowd Voicers are either clueless about the facts or, like their hero Trump, are simply fabulists making up numbers to suit their biased narrative. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026 More than 80 years later, writers, creators, and fabulists in dark corners of the internet are still imagining ways and worlds where Hitler’s genes somehow survived. — Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026 The multimillionaire financier, who died in federal custody in 2019, was also a fabulist and serial illusionist. — Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 15 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fabulist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fabulist
  1. liar
  2. storyteller
Noun
  • Senior is a liar and a scammer, who ran off with another woman when Junior was a kid.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Commentary and opinion Columnist Anita Chabria asks, is Becerra a liar or just Mexican American?
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of liar
Noun
  • Noah Adams, a writer, broadcaster, and storyteller who hosted All Things Considered for 18 years, has died.
    — Scott Detrow, NPR, 18 Oct. 2026
  • To join Chanel and the Women’s Prize Trust in celebrating the launch of their new Originators program, a guest list filled with scriveners, storytellers, and Substackers turned out in droves.
    — Freya Drohan, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of storyteller

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