FICTIONS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

fictions

noun

plural of fiction

as in fantasies

something that is the product of the imagination most stories about famous outlaws of the Old West are fictions that have little or nothing to do with fact

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Recent Examples of fictions The ultimate object of these fictions is disorientation, more than belief. — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Invasion fictions tended to spring up in response to each new form of invasion panic. — Ivan Kreilkamp, JSTOR Daily, 10 June 2026 The program also happens to be in line with one of the president’s convenient rhetorical fictions. — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026 The curiosity, sensitivity, and imagination of children will always demand new and ambitious fictions. — Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026 Fascism spins the greatest fictions of all time—about race, about origins, about past and future glories—and people eat them up. — Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026 Even if negative themes do bring money in, scientists need to be guided by fact, not convenient fictions. — John L. Gittleman, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2026 Corporations are legal fictions — a game of pretend in which fictional entities are created, registering with the state. — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026 But these have always been legal fictions. — Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026

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Noun

This is the same thing, only moms are living their I-wish-when-I-was-in-college fantasies through their daughters.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
From Churchill onward, many British leaders clung to fantasies of global power and splendid isolation from Europe, fantasies that culminated in the disaster of Brexit.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of fantasies

Noun

No two tales of what happened to Maelor after his knight protector was shot dead agree, but the young boy was also slain on the bridge, perhaps torn apart by the mob who assailed him, arguing over what to do with the young prince.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Writers who tell tales without accounting for the omnipresence of digital eyes and data trails do so at their peril.

— Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of tales

Noun

The ByteDance app, for example, is directing users of its former AI companion service to another of its apps which solely focuses on building personalized AI characters and stories.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Here’s a quick guide to recent Star-Telegram stories every Texas driver should know.

— Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of stories

Noun

Today, her inventions include Headlightz, a line of rechargeable ski caps and headbands with LED lights that illuminate dark jogging paths.

— Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Our true superpower is our ability to adapt inventions for the greatest economic and social benefit.

— Ted Leonsis, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of inventions

Noun

Likewise, Schoenbrun specializes in zeitgeisty fables about 21st century isolation.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Explore the Wild West from the back of a rickety wagon as characters share famed fables about Paul Bunyan, Babe the Blue Ox, Pecos Bill, John Henry and Hekeke.

— Nicole Bennett, AJC.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of fables

Noun

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

Definition of fabrications

Noun

Heather Rose is the Australian author of seven novels including her latest novel The Museum of Modern Love published this month by Algonquin.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Later novels routinely took inspiration from family members or former or current lovers; the 1980 novel that baffled Frank Kermode is a dreamlike fable about a man guiltily trying to have an extramarital affair.

— Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

Definition of novels

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
That description is essentially true; as a puppet designer and puppeteer, his job entails figuring out how to materialize figments of the imagination.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026

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