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FABRICATION Synonyms

There are 25 synonyms of the word fabrication. (exact relations)
There are 12 hypernyms of the word fabrication. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for FABRICATION

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fable
nounn
noun

• a deliberately false or improbable account

• a short moral story (often with animal characters)

• a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

fiction
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

• a deliberately false or improbable account

prevarication
nounn
noun

• a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

• intentionally vague or ambiguous

• the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

contrivance
nounn
noun

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• the faculty of contriving; inventive skill

• an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

• an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.

• any improvised arrangement for temporary use

• the act of devising something

deceit
nounn
noun

• the quality of being fraudulent

• a misleading falsehood

• the act of deceiving

deception
nounn
noun

• a misleading falsehood

• the act of deceiving

• an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

dishonesty
nounn
noun

• the quality of being dishonest

• lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing

fake
adjectiveadj
noun

• something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

• a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• (football) a deceptive move made by a football player

adjective satellite

• fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

• not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

verb

• make a copy of with the intent to deceive

• tamper, with the purpose of deception

• speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths

falsehood
nounn
noun

• a false statement

• the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting

falsification
verb, nounv, n
noun

• any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something

• a willful perversion of facts

• the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting

• the act of determining that something is false

forgery
nounn
noun

• a copy that is represented as the original

• criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud

invention
nounn
noun

• the creation of something in the mind

• a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

• the act of inventing

lie
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

• Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)

• position or manner in which something is situated

verb

• be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

• be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position

• originate (in)

• be and remain in a particular state or condition

• tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive

• have a place in relation to something else

• assume a reclining position

mendacity
nounn
noun

• the tendency to be untruthful

myth
nounn
noun

• a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

pretense
nounn
noun

• the act of giving a false appearance

• pretending with intention to deceive

• imaginative intellectual play

• a false or unsupportable quality

• an artful or simulated semblance

story
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

• a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events

• a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale

• a record or narrative description of past events

• a short account of the news

• a trivial lie

tale
nounn
noun

• a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

• a trivial lie

untruth
nounn
noun

• a false statement

assembly
nounn
noun

• a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit

• the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

• a public facility to meet for open discussion

• a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose

• a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together

• the social act of assembling

Best Hypernyms For FABRICATION

Here is a list of related hypernyms for fabrication, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (11)
authorship building composition construction falsehood falsification falsity misrepresentation penning untruth writing
Phrases (1)
creating from raw materials

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