Related Words for fiction

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WordSyllablesCategories
fable
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Noun, Noun
fabrication
xx/x
Noun, Noun
nonfiction
x/x
Noun, Adjective
novels
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Noun
fantasy
/xx
Noun, Adjective
literature
/xxx
Noun
poetry
/xx
Noun
literary
/xxx
Noun
science
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Noun, Adjective
narrative
/xx
Noun, Adjective
prose
/
Noun, Adjective
anthology
x/xx
Noun
stories
/x
Noun
memoirs
/x
Noun
erotica
x/xx
Noun
writing
/x
Noun, Verb
books
/
Noun
romance
x/
Noun
storytelling
/xxx
Noun
novelist
/xx
Noun
fictive
/x
Adjective
autobiographies
xxx/xx
Noun
genre
/x
Noun, Adjective
mythology
x/xx
Noun
novella
x/x
Noun
journalism
/xxx
Noun
satire
/xx
Noun
paranormal
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
reality
x/xx
Noun
faction
/x
Noun
fan fiction
//x
Phrase, Noun
scene
/
Noun
science fiction
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
short story
//x
Phrase, Noun
procedural
x/xx
Adjective
slipstream
/x
Noun
alternate history
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
biography
x/xx
Noun
roman à clef
/xx
Name, Name
romantic comedy
x/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
historical novel
x/xx/x
Name, Name
playwriting
/xx
Noun
drama
/x
Noun
pseudonym
/xx
Noun
fairy tale
/x/
Phrase, Noun
intrigue
x/
Noun
lore
/
Noun
farce
/
Noun
horror story
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
heist
/
Noun
comedy
/xx
Noun
comic
/x
Adjective
fluff
/
Noun
fusion
/x
Noun
serial
/xx
Noun
scenario
x/xx
Noun
script
/
Noun
slash
/
Noun
backstory
/xx
Noun
fantasia
x/x
Noun
horror
/x
Noun
cyberpunk
/x/
Adjective
naturalist
/xxx
Adjective
subgenre
/x
Noun
astounding
x/x
Verb
dystopian
//xx
Adjective
detective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
postmodern
x/x
Adjective
leavis
/x
Name
realist
/xx
Adjective
escapist
x/x
Adjective
fact
/
Adjective, Noun
picaresque
xx/
Adjective
serialized
/xxx
Verb
epistolary
x/xxx
Adjective
stranger
/x
Noun
documentary
xx/xx
Noun
heroines
/xx
Noun
regionalist
/xxx
Adjective
futuristic
xx/x
Adjective
trashy
/x
Adjective
history
/xx
Adjective
sentimental
xx/x
Adjective
unsolicited
xx/xx
Adjective
gothic
/x
Adjective
writer
/x
Noun
masterpieces
/xxx
Noun
supernatural
xx/xx
Noun
hypertext
/xx
Adjective
modernist
/xx
Adjective
forecast
/x
Noun
craft
/
Noun
staple
/x
Noun
prize
/
Noun
conrad
/x
Name
utopian
x/xx
Adjective
victorian
x/xx
Adjective
speculative
/xxx
Adjective
protagonists
x/xx
Noun
poetics
x/x
Noun
formulaic
xx/x
Adjective
romantic
x/x
Adjective
armstrong
/x
Name
edwardian
x/xx
Adjective
existentialist
xx/xx
Adjective
sensational
x/xx
Adjective
award
x/
Noun
classic
/x
Noun
poe
/
Name
mimetic
//x
Adjective
goodman
/x
Name
improbable
x/xx
Adjective
yiddish
/x
Adjective
sift
/
Verb
works
/
Noun
polite
x/
Adjective
didactic
x/x
Adjective
melodramatic
xxx/x
Adjective
satiric
x/x
Adjective
publishing
/xx
Verb
naturalistic
xxx/x
Adjective
pornographic
xx/x
Adjective
imaginative
x/xxx
Adjective
essays
x/
Noun
disguised
x/
Verb
chivalric
/xx
Adjective
convenient
x/x
Adjective
stuff
/
Noun
guise
/
Noun
acclaimed
x/
Adjective
assumption
x/x
Noun
authored
/x
Adjective
canard
x/
Noun
cinema
/xx
Noun
clash
/
Noun, Verb
dramatic
x/x
Adjective
entertaining
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
fake
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
false
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
falsehood
/x
Noun
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
hagiographic
/xx/x
Adjective
highbrow
/x
Noun, Adjective
illusion
x/x
Noun
imagination
xxx/x
Noun
invention
x/x
Noun
lie
/
Verb, Noun
melodramas
/xxx
Noun
mirage
x/
Noun, Verb
myth
/
Noun
offbeat
//
Adjective, Noun
phantasy
/xx
Noun, Verb
plays
/
Verb, Noun
portrayal
x/x
Noun
presumption
x/x
Noun
pretence
x/
Noun
pseudonymous
/xxx
Adjective
real
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
roman
/x
Name, Adjective
shadow
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
sham
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
space
/
Noun, Verb
truth
/
Noun, Verb
unreal
x/
Adjective
untrue
x/
Adjective
expression
x/x
Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
headlines
/x
Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
literally
/xxx
Adverb
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
dialect
/xx
Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
cloth
/
Noun
oh
/
Noun, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
sorta
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Adverb