All fiction synonyms

noun fiction

• drama — a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, especially one intended to be acted on the stage; a play.
• novel — Roman Law. an imperial enactment subsequent and supplementary to an imperial compilation and codification of authoritative legal materials. Usually, Novels. imperial enactments subsequent to the promulgation of Justinian's Code and supplementary to it: one of the four divisions of the Corpus Juris Civilis.
• myth — a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.
• imagination — the faculty of imagining, or of forming mental images or concepts of what is not actually present to the senses.
• fable — a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare; Aesop's fables.
• yarn — thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
• tale — a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story: a tale about Lincoln's dog.
• fantasy — imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
• book — A book is a number of pieces of paper, usually with words printed on them, which are fastened together and fixed inside a cover of stronger paper or cardboard. Books contain information, stories, or poetry, for example.
• narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
• legend — a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
• prevarication — the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.
• lie — Jonas, 1880–1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
• falsehood — a false statement; lie. Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication, falsification, canard, invention, fiction, story.
• invention — the act of inventing.
• crock — A crock is a clay pot or jar.
• improvisation — the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging anything without previous preparation: Musical improvisation involves imagination and creativity.
• romance — Music. a short, simple melody, vocal or instrumental, of tender character.
• concoction — A concoction is something that has been made out of several things mixed together.
• whopper — WarGames
• fancy — imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
• hooey — silly or worthless talk, writing, ideas, etc.; nonsense; bunk: That's a lot of hooey and you know it!
• fib — a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.
• untruth — the state or character of being untrue.
• smoke — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
• anecdote — An anecdote is a short, amusing account of something that has happened.
• misrepresentation — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
• fabrication — the act or process of fabricating; manufacture.
• clothesline — A clothesline is a thin rope on which you hang washing so that it can dry.
• potboiler — a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
• fish story — an exaggerated or incredible story: It was just another one of his fish stories.
• cliff-hanger — a melodramatic or adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment.
• storytelling — the telling or writing of stories.
• creative writing — Creative writing is writing such as novels, stories, poems, and plays.
• literature — writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays.
• novels — Roman Law. an imperial enactment subsequent and supplementary to an imperial compilation and codification of authoritative legal materials. Usually, Novels. imperial enactments subsequent to the promulgation of Justinian's Code and supplementary to it: one of the four divisions of the Corpus Juris Civilis.
• nonfiction — the branch of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history, and the essay (opposed to fiction and distinguished from poetry and drama).
• storey — story2 .
• story — a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
• short story — a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words.
• nonsense — words or language having little or no sense or meaning.
• illusion — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
• anti-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
• deceit — Deceit is behaviour that is deliberately intended to make people believe something which is not true.