old wives' tale

Questions about old wives' tale

What is the opposite of old wives' tale?

WordNet records no antonym for old wives' tale. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for old wives' tale come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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• Full entry for old wives' taleAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
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