What is another word for fiction?
264 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ fˈɪkʃən], [ fˈɪkʃən], [ f_ˈɪ_k_ʃ_ə_n]
There are many synonyms for the word "fiction". Fiction is a literary genre that deals with imaginative and invented stories. Synonyms for fiction include novella, novel, short story, drama, mythology, allegory, fantasy, epic and legend. Novella refers to a story that is shorter than a novel but longer than a short story, whereas a short story is a brief piece of writing that can be read in one sitting. Drama is a literary form that presents a story through dialogue and action, whereas mythology and legend refer to traditional stories and beliefs that explain the world around us. Allegory is a story that has a symbolic or moral meaning, while fantasy and epic are genres of fiction that deal with imaginary worlds and heroic characters.
Synonyms for Fiction:
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- adaptation ,
- black comedy ,
- classic ,
- comedy ,
- detective ,
- drama .
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- real .
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- belief .
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- true .
- Concertos ,
- Melodies ,
- Rhapsodies ,
- cantata ,
- cantatas ,
- concerto ,
- literary work ,
- literary works ,
- music ,
- rhapsody ,
- short stories ,
- short story ,
- song ,
- symphony ,
- thesis ,
- verse .
- bestiaries ,
- bestiary ,
- fable ,
- fairy stories ,
- fairy story ,
- hogwash ,
- old chestnut ,
- old chestnuts ,
- old saw ,
- old saws ,
- one for bird ,
- one for birds ,
- one for the bird ,
- one for the birds ,
- tall stories ,
- tall story ,
- un truth ,
- un truths ,
- un-truth ,
- un-truths .
- crookedness ,
- deceit ,
- deceptiveness ,
- delusion ,
- dishonesty ,
- duplicity ,
- falsehood ,
- figment ,
- fraudulence ,
- phoniness .
- mis representation ,
- mis representations ,
- mis-representation ,
- mis-representations ,
- spinach ,
- spinaches .
- myth .
- creation brain ,
- creation of brain ,
- creation of the brain ,
- creation the brain ,
- creature imagination ,
- creature of imagination ,
- creature of the imagination ,
- creature the imagination ,
- figment imagination ,
- figment of imagination ,
- figment the imagination ,
- figment-imagination ,
- phantom mind ,
- phantom of mind ,
- phantom of the mind ,
- phantom the mind ,
- wildest dream ,
- wildest dreams .
- de traction ,
- de tractions ,
- de-traction ,
- de-tractions ,
- dis information ,
- dis informations ,
- dis-information ,
- dis-informations ,
- disinformation ,
- disinformations ,
- falsification ,
- falsifications ,
- fraudulences ,
- hyper bole ,
- hyper boles ,
- hyper-bole ,
- hyper-boles ,
- in accuracies ,
- in accuracy ,
- in-accuracies ,
- in-accuracy .
- Chronologies ,
- chronology ,
- de tail ,
- de tails ,
- de-tail ,
- de-tails ,
- long and short it ,
- long and short of it ,
- long short it ,
- long short of it ,
- potboiler ,
- potboilers ,
- re counts ,
- re-counts .
- best seller ,
- cliff hanger ,
- cliff hangers ,
- cliff-hanger ,
- cliff-hangers ,
- novelette ,
- novelettes ,
- novella ,
- novellas ,
- novelle .
- idyll ,
- idylls ,
- love stories ,
- love story ,
- lyrics ,
- melodrama ,
- melodramas ,
- romance ,
- tear jerker ,
- tear jerkers ,
- tear-jerker ,
- tear-jerkers ,
- tearjerker ,
- tearjerkers .
- back fence talk ,
- back fence talks ,
- back-fence talk ,
- back-fence talks ,
- backfence talk ,
- backfence talks ,
- dis patch ,
- dis patches ,
- dis-patch ,
- dis-patches ,
- earful ,
- earfuls ,
- rumors .
Other synonyms:
- bookends ,
- bookrest ,
- canard ,
- cock-and-bull story ,
- fish story ,
- hardbound ,
- loose-leaf ,
- softbound ,
- spiral-bound ,
- unabridged ,
- unpublished ,
- unputdownable ,
- well-thumbed .
- Inveracity ,
- Phantasma ,
- bookmark ,
- daydream ,
- encyclopedic ,
- fantasy ,
- feature ,
- fib ,
- misrepresentation ,
- misstatement ,
- rumor ,
- subtitled ,
- tall tale ,
- untruth .
- Phantasm ,
- falsity ,
- reverie ,
- unreadable ,
- whopper .
- set .
- reference .
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How to use "Fiction" in context?
The world of fiction allows writers to explore different worlds, different characters, and different experiences. It is a wonderful opportunity to tell stories that would not be possible in the real world, or to explore complex and interesting characters and stories that would be difficult to tell if they happened in reality.
There are many ways to write fiction. You can write a short story, a novel, or a poem. You can write from the point of view of a character, or write in a direct style. You can write about a believable world, or you can write about a fantastical world.
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Reverse Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
novel.
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Noun, singular or mass
novel.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
assumption, fabrication, presumption, sham, story, unreal, SCI-FI.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
fantasy, imagination.
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Noun, singular or mass
drama, fantasy, illusion, imagination, invention, literature, pretence, Dramas.
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Proper noun, singular
Hyponym for Fiction:
n.
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communication
literary work, literary composition.
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communication
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