FABRICATION Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the word fabrication. (close relations)
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| fable | nounn | |||||
noun • a deliberately false or improbable account • a short moral story (often with animal characters) • a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events | ||||||
| fiction | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact • a deliberately false or improbable account | ||||||
| prevarication | nounn | |||||
noun • a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth • intentionally vague or ambiguous • the deliberate act of deviating from the truth | ||||||
| contrivance | nounn | |||||
noun • a device or control that is very useful for a particular job • the faculty of contriving; inventive skill • an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade • an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc. • any improvised arrangement for temporary use • the act of devising something | ||||||
| deceit | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being fraudulent • a misleading falsehood • the act of deceiving | ||||||
| deception | nounn | |||||
noun • a misleading falsehood • the act of deceiving • an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | ||||||
| dishonesty | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being dishonest • lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing | ||||||
| fake | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be • a person who makes deceitful pretenses • (football) a deceptive move made by a football player adjective satellite • fraudulent; having a misleading appearance • not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article verb • make a copy of with the intent to deceive • tamper, with the purpose of deception • speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths | ||||||
| falsehood | nounn | |||||
noun • a false statement • the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting | ||||||
| falsification | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something • a willful perversion of facts • the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting • the act of determining that something is false | ||||||
| forgery | nounn | |||||
noun • a copy that is represented as the original • criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud | ||||||
| invention | nounn | |||||
noun • the creation of something in the mind • a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation • the act of inventing | ||||||
| lie | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth • Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968) • position or manner in which something is situated verb • be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position • be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position • originate (in) • be and remain in a particular state or condition • tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive • have a place in relation to something else • assume a reclining position | ||||||
| mendacity | nounn | |||||
noun • the tendency to be untruthful | ||||||
| myth | nounn | |||||
noun • a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people | ||||||
| pretense | nounn | |||||
noun • the act of giving a false appearance • pretending with intention to deceive • imaginative intellectual play • a false or unsupportable quality • an artful or simulated semblance | ||||||
| story | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program • a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events • a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale • a record or narrative description of past events • a short account of the news • a trivial lie | ||||||
| tale | nounn | |||||
noun • a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program • a trivial lie | ||||||
| untruth | nounn | |||||
noun • a false statement | ||||||
| assembly | nounn | |||||
noun • a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit • the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) • a public facility to meet for open discussion • a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose • a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together • the social act of assembling | ||||||
