fabled

adjective

fa·​bled ˈfā-bəld 

1

: fictitious

2

: told or celebrated in fables

3

: renowned, famous

the team's fabled coach

Synonyms of fabled

• legendary
• mythical
• famed

Examples of fabled in a Sentence

She served us some of her fabled cherry pie.

the fabled unicorn continues to be a symbol of elusive and magical beauty

Recent Examples on the Web

Thousands of Scottish revelers marched from a public park about a half-mile away from Boston’s 114-year-old baseball stadium and down a street behind the center-field bleachers before filling the bars behind the fabled Green Monster. —Ken Powtak, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026

And though the coast gets its name from the city of Amalfi—once the seat of a powerful maritime republic—no town symbolizes this fabled stretch of coast more acutely than Positano. —Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026

The fabled East Wing is gone, the Rose Garden has been paved over for a gaudy, Mar-a-Lago-like patio, and now there’s a mixed martial arts cage on the South Lawn. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026

Joe Biden’s now ‘fabled’ performance would look great by comparison to anything that this loudmouth huckster has to offer, which isn’t much! —Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of fable entry 2

First Known Use

1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for fabled

• abled
• cabled
• gabled
• labeled
• labelled
• stabled
• tabled
• disabled
• enabled
• mislabeled
• unlabeled
• unlabelled

Kids Definition

fabled

adjective

fa·​bled

ˈfā-bəld

: told about in fables

a fabled mountain of gold