Synonyms of fabrications

fabrications

noun

plural of fabrication

1

as in lies

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

• lies
• tales
• stories
• falsehoods
• prevarications
• untruths
• fibs
• fables
• falsities
• fairy tales
• distortions
• mendacities
• whoppers
• exaggerations
• ambiguities
• fictions
• half-truths
• equivocations
• defamations
• slanders
• taradiddles
• libels
• deceits
• perjuries
• obliquities
• nonsense
• falsifications
• misrepresentations
• pretenses
• myths
• bluffs
• misstatements
• fallacies
• misconceptions
• dishonesties
• misinformation
• duplicities
• fraudulences
• poses
• canards
• humbug
• misreports
• jives

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• truths
• facts
• verities
• truisms
• substantiations
• confirmations
• verifications
• validations
• veracities
• authentications
• honesties

2

as in fictions

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

• fictions
• tales
• fantasies
• stories
• inventions
• fables
• figments
• novels
• narratives
• yarns
• anecdotes
• falsehoods
• lies
• misrepresentations
• falsities
• prevarications
• fairy tales
• untruths
• fibs
• mendacities
• whoppers
• make-believe

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• facts
• realities
• materialities
• actualities

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fabrications

Head-to-toe outfitting, curated monthly drops, sleep history and wearing-out fabrications resonated with our customers. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026

Lies, half truths and fabrications have done great damage to our country. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026

Pair it with sleek leather and matte poplin for an interesting mix of fabrications. — Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 8 Sep. 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

Jason Arday, the sociologist who made history as Cambridge University's youngest Black professor, has resigned from the university after weeks of mounting accusations of plagiarism and fabrications in his biography. — Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Cyber criminals are using highly convincing counterfeit audio, video, and identity fabrications as tools in ways that conventional detection methods will fail to identify. — Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Be sure to choose a longline style with a menswear feel (think pleats, textural fabrications, and more). — Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 31 July 2026

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