confabulist noun 2adjective 1forms 3 noun2 •One who confabulates; a companion with whom one chats or confers.I knew him only as a grey-bearded sage — he was my father's friend and close confabulist! " said Hueline, with a slight smile. — 1849 •One who invents elaborate stories, especially false ones misrepresented as if they were true.The confabulist, who simply cannot resist making up stories, wastes an enormous amount of other people's time. — 1995 adjective1 •Involving the invention of elaborate stories.Why did he always come up with the most romantic and confabulist notions? — 2007 formsconfabulists · more confabulist · most confabulist