tale-spinner
One who narrates
A tale-spinner is someone who tells stories, especially elaborate or fanciful ones.
The term suggests skill at narrative—spinning tales the way a spider spins webs or a weaver spins thread.
It can be admiring a gifted tale-spinner who held the children rapt or skeptical, implying embellishment or outright fabrication Don't believe him—he's a notorious tale-spinner.
One who tells events
- raconteurSkilled storyteller
- bardPoet of epics
- griotAfrican oral tradition keeper
- fabulistMoral tale composer
weaver · chronicler · anecdotist · wordsmith · mythmaker · reciter · keepsake · fireside
Writer of prose narratives
- fabulistMoral tale composer
- storytellerOne who recounts tales
- folkloristScholar of traditional narratives
- scribeManual document copier
penman · wordsmith · narrative · mythologist · adventure · serialist · episodic · chapter
One who speaks falsely
- exaggeratorOne who overstates things
- embellisherOne who adds decoration
- fibberOne who tells untruths
- blufferOne who deceives boldly
deceiver · prevaricator · fantasist · stretcher · whopper · concocter · romancer · dissembler
narrator
One who tells events
fabulist · weaver · chronicler · anecdotist · wordsmith · mythmaker · reciter · keepsake · fireside · campfire
novelist
Writer of prose narratives
- fabulistMoral tale composer
- storytellerOne who recounts tales
- folkloristScholar of traditional narratives
scribe · penman · wordsmith · narrative · mythologist · adventure · serialist · episodic · chapter · manuscript
liar
One who speaks falsely
- exaggeratorOne who overstates things
- embellisherOne who adds decoration
- fibberOne who tells untruths
bluffer · deceiver · prevaricator · fantasist · stretcher · whopper · concocter · romancer · dissembler · inventive
tale-spinnerman of few words
Someone who rarely speaks
mute · woman of few words · introvert · clam · wallflower
tale-spinnertruth-teller
One who speaks accurately
straight shooter · literalist · realist · documentarian · chronicler
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