fiction

[fik-shuhn] / ˈfɪk ʃən /

NOUN

made-up story

Synonyms

STRONGEST

best seller book drama fable fantasy imagination legend myth narrative novel tale yarn

STRONG

anecdote clothesline concoction crock fabrication falsehood fancy fib hooey improvisation invention lie misrepresentation potboiler prevarication romance smoke untruth whopper

WEAK

cliff-hanger figment of imagination fish story storytelling tall story terminological inexactitude work of imagination

Antonyms

STRONGEST

nonfiction reality truth

Example Sentences

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And Variety's Alison Herman said the show is "never not entertaining" but now "feels like entertaining but disjointed fan fiction".

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

The third instalment, according to Variety's Alison Herman, "feels like entertaining but disjointed fan fiction".

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Witnessing a solar eclipse from space was a spectacle worthy of science fiction, as pilot Glover put it.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Inside the world of professional book club facilitating, where the wine flows, the opinions are fierce and the ‘bad mothers’ in fiction are never welcome.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Technically all fiction books are fabricated tales written for profit, but I let dude have his moments.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

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