Synonyms of fabrication

fabrication

noun

ˌfa-bri-ˈkā-shən 

1

as in lie

a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive

her claim that she had been a nurse during the war proved to be a total fabrication

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lie
• tale
• story
• fairy tale
• falsehood
• prevarication
• mendacity
• untruth
• fable
• distortion
• fib
• falsity
• fiction
• exaggeration
• taradiddle
• ambiguity
• defamation
• whopper
• fraudulence
• libel
• slander
• perjury
• falsification
• misrepresentation
• deceit
• equivocation
• nonsense
• myth
• half-truth
• bluff
• pose
• misconception
• duplicity
• obliquity
• dishonesty
• fallacy
• canard
• misstatement
• misinformation
• pretense
• humbug
• deceitfulness
• misreport
• jive

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• truth
• fact
• verification
• validation
• truthfulness
• veracity
• confirmation
• honesty
• truism
• verity
• authentication
• substantiation

2

as in fiction

something that is the product of the imagination

the notion that the Colossus of Rhodes could straddle the harbor was a fabrication of medieval writers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fiction
• tale
• story
• fantasy
• novel
• invention
• figment
• fable
• narrative
• misrepresentation
• yarn
• lie
• anecdote
• fairy tale
• falsehood
• prevarication
• untruth
• falsity
• fib
• mendacity
• make-believe
• whopper

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fact
• reality
• materiality
• actuality
• realness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fabrication

The project is backed by a $10 billion investment over the next decade, building upon the already $250 billion investment in establishing research and development and manufacturing, including two Boise memory-chip fabrication plants. — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 20 Aug. 2026

Some Reddit users have even suggested the Fitbit like watch may be a pure AI fabrication. — Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

The team now plans to move from simulations toward practical device fabrication and experimental validation, eventually expanding the concept into larger programmable photonic circuits. — New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026

Shortly after the book was published, criticism came loudly, most focusing on the book’s historical inaccuracies and genealogical fabrications. — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026