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1. tale
noun. ['ˈteɪl'] a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program.
Synonyms
- message
- fairytale
- content
- fairy tale
- narrative
- folk tale
- folktale
- sob stuff
- subject matter
- tall tale
- fairy story
- tearjerker
- sob story
- story
- substance
- nursery rhyme
Antonyms
- unhappy
- dissatisfy
- discontent
- rejection
Etymology
- talen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- talian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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Rhymes with Folk Tale
- quesnell
- deverell
- cartmell
- withnail
- travail
- tramell
- sumrell
- prevail
- portell
- parcell
- mortell
- mcphail
- mcgrail
- marcell
- macphail
- exhale
- carvell
- cardell
- bartell
- averell
- avenell
- abimael
- verrell
- unveil
- today'll
- tirrell
- surveil
- savell
- revell
- rafale
Sentences with folk-tale
1. Noun Phrase
Ask each student to bring in a fairy tale or folk tale book to class on a specific day.
2. Noun Phrase
Navajo folk tales describe the origin of the sun, or why the wind blows in a certain direction.
3. Noun Phrase
If you have heard the old folk tale that honey with milk makes you fat, ignore it.
2. folk
noun. ['ˈfoʊk'] people in general (often used in the plural).
Synonyms
- riffraff
- pleb
- common people
- home folk
- ragtag and bobtail
- people
- folks
- countryfolk
- rabble
- country people
- ragtag
- plebeian
- grass roots
Antonyms
- ascent
- crossbred
- purebred
- ending
3. tale
noun. ['ˈteɪl'] a trivial lie.
Synonyms
- fairy tale
- fib
- tarradiddle
- taradiddle
- lie
- cock-and-bull story
- fairy story
- song and dance
- prevarication
- story
Antonyms
- disapproval
- belief
- unbelief
- displeased
Etymology
- talen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- talian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. folk
noun. ['ˈfoʊk'] people descended from a common ancestor.
Synonyms
- descent
- lineage
- homefolk
- blood line
- house
- ancestry
- gens
- blood
- bloodline
- kinfolk
- stemma
- origin
- dynasty
- pedigree
- family
- kinsfolk
- family line
- line of descent
- people
- parentage
- sept
- line
- name
- phratry
Antonyms
- child
- parent
- rich people
- poor people
5. folk
noun. ['ˈfoʊk'] a social division of (usually preliterate) people.
Synonyms
- phyle
- social group
- moiety
Antonyms
- brave
- rich
- uninitiate
- living
6. folk
noun. ['ˈfoʊk'] the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community.
Synonyms
- gospel singing
- popular music
- ethnic music
- folksong
- folk music
- schottische
- square-dance music
- C and W
- popular music genre
- folk song
- gospel
- country music
- country and western
Antonyms
- overstock
- understock
- irregular
- disrepute