Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fib

1 sense of fib

Sense 1
fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle -- (a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?")
       => lie, prevarication -- (a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fib

1 sense of fib

Sense 1
fib -- (tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying")
       => lie -- (tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29")