Confabulist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Confabulist is a noun meaning One who confabulates; a companion with whom one chats or confers.
Meaning
One who confabulates; a companion with whom one chats or confers.
More Meanings
- One who invents elaborate stories, especially false ones misrepresented as if they were true.
- Involving the invention of elaborate stories.
Example Sentences
Why did he always come up with the most romantic and confabulist notions?
... his heaven—the organ and confabulist of angels and spirits, their ideal brother.
The confabulist, who simply cannot resist making up stories, wastes an enormous amount of other people's time.
Oh — well, you see, that part's true. But not everything I say is true. Part of my illness. I'm a confabulist.
Word Forms
- confabulists
Synonyms for confabulist
Depending on context, synonyms include confabulator.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include confabulator, conversant, converser, conversationalist, colloquist, conversationist.
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