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 But these have always been legal fictions. — Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 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 Invasion fictions tended to spring up in response to each new form of invasion panic. — Ivan Kreilkamp, JSTOR Daily, 10 June 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 The fictions of both films are factually contextualized from the start. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 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 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 The curiosity, sensitivity, and imagination of children will always demand new and ambitious fictions. — Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026

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Noun

For this dourest of doubters, Musk’s claims for the feats ahead can only happen in the SpaceX founder’s head, or in the sci-fi fantasies Eisman grew up on.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 June 2026
Circe and Calypso, for instance, are fantasies of pleasure and captivity, projections of men’s fear of losing control; Odysseus’ abandonment of them is part of his return to command.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026

Definition of fantasies

Noun

Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.

— Data Skrive, New York Times, 5 July 2026
The history of Kaskaskia is full of stories of resilience and stubborn pride, but also of the inevitability of nature.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of stories

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 possibility of what could be different has powered many of its inventions and helped define its national identity.

— Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, 3 July 2026

Definition of inventions

Noun

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.

— Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
My dad’s stories about his grade-school experience felt like dark fables, peppered with slurs hurled at him by classmates.

— Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026

Definition of fables

Noun

Crane offered a similar read, describing the collection as both new and familiar — the kind of pieces that could believably have been thrifted from a Venice Beach shop, even as fabrications like Terry and slub cotton give them a softer, more contemporary hand.

— Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 24 June 2026
While some were obvious fabrications, meant to aggrandize the narrator by his association with Tsietsi, most seemed true.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 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

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
Boone is relentlessly hounded by figments of his guilty memory, by other ghosts, and by his daughter—all of whom emphasize his nefarious role in delaying action to combat climate change.

— Julius Taranto, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026

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