FABULISTS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

fabulists

noun

plural of fabulist

as in liars

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 fabulists Academia—like business, electoral politics, and the tech sector—has loads of fabulists and tons of bunk. — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 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 Many people do not know when LLMs are lying to them, which is unsurprising given that the chatbots are very convincing fabulists, serving up slop with unflappable confidence to their unsuspecting audience. — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025

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The attempts to save Platner in the high stakes campaign to defeat Republican incumbent Susan Collins involved portraying Platner’s accusers, women, as vengeful liars.

— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
O'Toole said psychopaths like Heuermann are pathological liars.

— Jennifer McLogan, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026

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Maxscene exists to be that same source of belief for the next generation of storytellers.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
The festival has long been a launch pad for Black filmmakers and storytellers and provides opportunities for master classes, networking and independent film screenings.

— Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of storytellers

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