FABRICATIONS Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

fabrications

noun

plural of fabrication

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

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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

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Recent Examples of fabrications FiftyPlusOne included the group’s data in its polling averages, but found evidence of fabrications. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026 Experimental Volumes Designers put the emphasis on dimensional texture by layering up multiple fabrications that evoked new experimental volumes. — Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026 Traditional suiting is loosened with oversized silhouettes, fluid fabrications and styling that is elevated, but never too formal. — Emma Spedding, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026 Chief among his fabrications is the absurd claim that this motion was 'adjourned' by mutual agreement between the government and the defense. — Kristina Rex, CBS News, 28 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 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

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Noun

These accusations are utter nonsense, concocted from distortions, half-truths and lies.

— Kathleen Parker, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Throughout history, pogroms and persecution were fueled by lies that portrayed Jews as less than human.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of lies

Noun

If Crystal and Ellis had stayed on that tack — tales about the house at 860 bound together by a sense of its loss — 860 might have the sturdiness of a tearjerker.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
On the surface, his new album Antione’s Son is the same old same old—airy melodies, drug talk, vomiting ad-libs—but punched up by suburban ennui and in-the-weeds romantic tales that makes the music feel refreshingly personal.

— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of tales

Noun

The words cut sharply into the jumble of to-do lists, fantasies, snippets of possible writing, worry, and leftover traces of postpartum depression that constituted my mind in the early months of 1993.

— Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
Every week, the critics and editors at The New York Times Book Review pick the most interesting and notable new releases, from literary fiction and serious nonfiction to thrillers, romance novels, fantasies, mysteries and everything in between.

— New York Times, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of fantasies

Noun

In the 2021 Senate runoff elections in Georgia, this writer did a number of stories following forecasts by Thomas Miller, a prominent data scientist who’s a professor at Northwestern University.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Yet neither of these stories fits the timing or scale of the decline.

— J. Travis Donahoe, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of stories

Noun

From the airplane to the transistor, inventions developed in the United States have radically changed how people travel, communicate, manufacture goods, and understand the world.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Combining the two would bring the tech and infrastructure parts of Musk’s empire together (the Wall Street pitch) and a hyperconcentrated bet on the billionaire’s inventions, politics, and personality (the actual pitch).

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of inventions

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Few eras of Greek history compare to the ancient times that the country has become so synonymous with—the cinematic fables of Odysseus, comic-book lore of Leonidas, and philosophic creeds of Socrates are ever-present in pop culture.

— Shannon McMahon, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026
Abstract Deer Deer are the center of countless fairytales, fables, and general folklore.

— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 29 Aug. 2026

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