FABRICATION Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

fabrication

noun

ˌfa-bri-ˈkā-shən

Definition of fabrication

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

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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

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Recent Examples of fabrication There have been exceptions, and some of the good vibes are surely online fabrications, but for many, the geopolitical tensions have been temporarily set aside. — Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026 Chip fabrication runs on ultra-high-purity helium — for cooling, purging, and manufacturing process control. — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 The committee has raised approximately $25,000, with $18,000 already committed to fabrication costs. — Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026 Consumers can expect new washes, cuffed hems, rich dark rinses, tonal stripe details, slub fabrications and additional silhouettes. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for fabrication

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Noun

Spieth decided the ball sitting on a steep slope and potentially on a terrible lie wasn’t playable.

— Brody Miller, New York Times, 14 July 2026
The seat-block option comes four months after United unveiled a new Relax Row option, a row of three economy seats with individually adjustable leg rests that fold up at a 90-degree angle to create a lie-flat sleeping area.

— Mason Leib, ABC News, 14 July 2026

Definition of lie

Noun

And her brand of absurdist humor, full of candid confessions, fart jokes, and Harry Styles fan-fiction, definitely goes there.

— Shannon Carlin, Time, 14 July 2026
Spanish-language fiction ranks among Wattpad’s most popular categories, providing Webtoon Productions with a growing source of stories whose readership data and fan engagement can help inform development and adaptation decisions.

— Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 14 July 2026

Definition of fiction

Noun

There’s a house on the property where Francis Ford Coppola filmed Vito Corleone avenging his mother’s death in The Godfather Part II, but Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were interested in a much older tale about Sicily—one of gods and mortals.

— Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 14 July 2026
This underdog tale — a popular trope in musical theater — offers many moving moments, though several feel cloying.

— Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

Definition of tale

Noun

Although the third-place play-off counts towards fantasy points, that game is unlikely to be taken too seriously by either side and rotation could be an issue.

— Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 14 July 2026
The white-on-white fantasy of the Starck years has given way to creams, corals, warm woods, and sculptural furniture that feels made to be used, not admired from across the room.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026

Definition of fantasy

Noun

There’s also a massive best seller (Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko), a cult classic that got adapted into an Oscar-winning movie (Percival Everett’s Erasure), and a middling historical novel (Julian Barnes’s The Noise of Time)—none of which has been banned.

— Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
There is no denying the staying power of this novel over its 75 years in print.

— John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026

Definition of novel

Noun

Pína and Hawk mysteriously slip out while Joe and Angela are in the kitchen, suggesting that the adventurous lovemakers may have just been figments of their imagination.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 11 July 2026
The irony was Morocco played more like the Netherlands lingering in our imagination, now an Oranje figment no longer grounded in reality.

— James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 June 2026

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