Definitions

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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It’s more like the language of Robert A. Heinlein, who wrote science fiction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Those are a few of the factors that make SpaceX unique—if being the first company to turn what amounted to science fiction into a trillion-dollar valuation wasn’t enough.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

This confusion shapes how we imagine time in fiction and pop science.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

It also has a commemorative silver tray Isro presented to the science fiction author Arthur C Clarke in 2007 on his 90th birthday.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

But the purpose of the fiction is to create a sense of reality which will convince the reader that the information in the dialogue is perfectly genuine.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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