fairy tale

noun

1 the film was inspired by a fairy tale:

fairy story, folk tale, folk story, traditional story, myth, legend, romance, fantasy, fable, fiction;

informal yarn.

2 informal she accused him of telling fairy tales:

lie, white lie, fib, half-truth, untruth, falsity, falsehood, story, tall story, fairy story, tall tale, made-up story, trumped-up story, fake news, fabrication, invention, piece of fiction, falsification, alternative fact;

informal whopper, cock and bull story, angler's tale;

British, informal porky, porky pie, pork pie;

humorous terminological inexactitude.