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 Elsewhere, sites in Cocoa and Melbourne support fabrication, tooling, thermal protection systems and development while sites in Orlando and Titusville have logistics and materials operations. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026 In addition, many of these chips require complex manufacturing processes, including energy-intensive vacuum deposition and semiconductor fabrication facilities. — New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2026 These locations support fabrication, thermal protection systems, tooling, logistics, and materials handling. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 Before any physical fabrication starts, cell engineers use virtualization throughout the process. — John Voelcker, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fabrication

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Noun

The ad also accuses his Democratic opponent, Brian Poindexter, of telling lies about him.

— Lara Korte The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
The allegations hurled by state officials against Orange County were based on flat-out lies.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of lie

Noun

Installations blur the line between archival documentation and fiction.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Goebbels interviewed Wessel’s grieving mother and wrote of Jaenichen and Wessel as childhood sweethearts, as though their story was from romance fiction.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of fiction

Noun

Wildwood is a dark tale, with whispers of a witch, set against the beautiful yet formidable backdrop of rural New England.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
The tale is energized by the thoughtful performances of Hanns Zischler, as Mann, and Sandra Hüller, as the author’s daughter Erika, who accompanies him while reviving conflicts from her own past.

— Dan Stahl, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of tale

Noun

What began as an industry of light and illusion had, by the 1940s, become a machinery of control—an empire built on fantasy, running on fear.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2026
Released to critical acclaim in 2022, the role-playing game from Japanese publisher Bandai Namco is set in a dark fantasy world and allows players to head off on adventures within vast environments and dungeons.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of fantasy

Noun

The multigenerational novel centers on Jacob, a curious child in Scotland whose story connects with generations that come before and after him, including a family in 1955 who gather at Killigarth House for the summer to watch a historic comet.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2026
Yet the novel doesn’t portray Chrissie as a monster, but as a regular mom facing monstrous choices.

— Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of novel

Noun

The team’s invention enables the creation of garments that act as a direct interface to a wearer’s health data and their digital devices, with no rigid screen involved.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 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 invention

Noun

From there, Saucedo reasoned Ruth right out of existence, consigning him to the same category as Bigfoot, a figment of the collective unconscious.

— Rich Cohen, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026
Louise — the presence of her absence — hovers over the wintry landscapes like a figment of loss and guilt.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

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