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What is another word for fiction?

Need synonyms for fiction? Here's a list of similar words from our thesaurus that you can use instead.

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A fictitious narrative or story

A story or claim that is untrue

Literature in the form of prose, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people

Written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit

A book or film dealing with love in a sentimental or idealized way

Senseless or absurd language, behavior, or ideas

A written or printed work consisting of pages bound together

News circulating in the form of rumor or gossip

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A fictitious narrative or story

stories^US

storeys^UK

indirect representation

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“Their press release, penned by Pyro, is a more entertaining fiction than plenty of novels published this year.”

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A story or claim that is untrue

figment of the imagination

cock and bull story

terminological inexactitude

pork pie

fish story

figment of imagination

pretense^US

pretence^UK

departure from the truth

rumour^UK

rumor^US

chimera^US

chimaera^UK

creature of the imagination

creation of the brain

artifact^US

artefact^UK

spectre^UK

specter^US

deviation from the truth

apologue

disregard for the facts

economy with the truth

conspiracy theory

coloring^US

colouring^UK

beating about the bush

misleading information

overgeneral reasoning

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“It is important to check the facts because one eventually finds that most of these claims are fiction.”

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Literature in the form of prose, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people

novels

storeys^UK

stories^US

works of the imagination

literature

narrative

nonfiction

“Much of it was so abstract in relation to fiction or poetry as to be nearly meaningless in a literature course.”

Noun

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Written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit

Noun

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A book or film dealing with love in a sentimental or idealized way

Noun

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Senseless or absurd language, behavior, or ideas

pretence^UK

pretense^US

dialogue^UK

dialog^US

unintelligible language

rumor^US

clamor^US

clamour^UK

rumour^UK

verbalizing^US

verbalising^UK

monologue^UK

monolog^US

rumors^US

rumours^UK

beauty-parlor chitchat

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A written or printed work consisting of pages bound together

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News circulating in the form of rumor or gossip

rumor^US

the word on the street

rumour^UK

stories^US

storeys^UK

rumours^UK

second-hand information

rumors^US

idle chatter

talk of the town

lowdown

secondhand information

intimate intelligence

unsubstantiated information

written communication

programme^UK

program^US

What is another word for fiction?

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