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 Engineers could compare different surface coatings and fabrication methods to identify options that produce the least electrical noise, helping improve the performance of future quantum computers and quantum sensing technologies. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026 Mehrotra said that the supply crunch is likely to persist well beyond 2027 because new semiconductor fabrication plants take years to build and next-generation memory has become significantly more complex to manufacture. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 30 June 2026 Meanwhile, boosting chip supplies is difficult due to manufacturers' limited production capacity and the enormous expense of building semiconductor fabrication facilities, which can cost $10 billion and take up to five years to complete. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 26 June 2026 Its focus on elevated everyday dressing, premium fabrication and impeccable tailoring feels incredibly relevant for today’s luxury customer. — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for fabrication

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Noun

The plane also includes a spacious press cabin, according to a pool reporter onboard, with lie-flat seats that feature a massage function and individual TV screens.

— Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 1 July 2026
The press cabin contains 14 lie-flat pods, including large tan leather seats with luxury features such as lumbar supports and massage functions.

— Emily Chang, ABC News, 1 July 2026

Definition of lie

Noun

Weir takes readers on an adventure through this science-fiction survival story about a junior high science teacher who wakes up aboard a spaceship with amnesia.

— Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
Crisis and renewal are strictly a matter of marketing now, a fiction that permanently assigns the Democrats the role of technocrats managing national decline while Republicans get to stand for muscular optimism and economic expansion.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

Definition of fiction

Noun

The agonizing legal circus surrounding Sumner Redstone’s final years at Paramount/Viacom is a sobering cautionary tale.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 July 2026
The past few summers have seen nightmare tales from heatwaves in Europe — the continent with the fastest-rising temperatures under global warming.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

Definition of tale

Noun

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 July 2026
Gil was trapped beneath more than 100 tons of rubble after the partial collapse of the Galerias Playa Grande commercial center, which includes buildings nine and four stories tall.

— Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of story

Noun

Possibly the biggest Korean release of the summer, this dark fantasy historical thriller stars Nam Joo-hyuk as Gu-cheon, a man who can traverse the world of ghosts, alongside Roh Yoon-seo as Saeng-gang, a court lady carrying a dangerous secret.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Sometimes that player fantasy can be expressed through a simple toy that just feels good, briefly.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 June 2026

Definition of fantasy

Noun

Organizing an exhibition is more like editing an anthology than writing a novel.

— Lonnie G. Bunch III, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026
The film also looks at the parallel career of author John Steinbeck, who wrote often of migrant workers in California, culminating in his novel The Grapes of Wrath.

— Steve Appleford, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2026

Definition of novel

Noun

Six years before Karl Benz’s first car and almost two decades prior to Henry Ford’s initial inventions, George Selden filed the first patent for a road engine, in 1879.

— Lonnie G. Bunch III, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026
The forces of ignorance and grift even managed to turn parts of Americans against vaccines, arguably the single most life-saving medical invention in human history.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026

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