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

Ancient buildings are not fantasies beyond reach, but the living evidence of history’s continuing line.

— Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
But those ads fueled my childhood music fantasies in ways that still hit deep for me.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of fantasies

Noun

The second book, Shift, consists of alternating flashback sequences, telling both the origin story of the silos and tales from past rebellions.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
The movie is inspired by Gavras’ affinity for mythology, having grown up listening to his father interweave tales with myths.

— Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of tales

Noun

Still, state media have been highlighting stories about cafes and other businesses being forced to close for failing to enforce rules on clothing.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
His approach combines research on neuroscience and productivity with personal experience and stories.

— John Hall, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of stories

Noun

Given sufficient time, though, this leads to transformative therapies and inventions that become a part of our well-being and livelihood.

— Brendon Davis, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026
Think of the stirrup, sometimes credited as being one of the three most important inventions in the course of history.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 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

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

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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