What is another word for fiction?
404 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ f_ˈɪ_k_ʃ_ə_n], [ fˈɪkʃən], [ fˈɪkʃən]Table of Contents
Similar words for fiction:- book (noun)
- composition (noun)
- falsehood (noun)
- fiction (noun)
- made-up story (noun)
- prose (noun)
- untruth (noun)
- other relevant words
- other synonyms
Definition for Fiction:
- An assumption or supposition of law that something which is or may befalse is true, or that a state of facts exists-which has never really taken place. New Hampshire Strafford Bank v. Cornell, 2 N. H.324; Hibberd v. Smith, 07 Cal. 547, 4 Pac. 473, 56 Am. Rep. 720.A fiction is a rule of law which assumes as true, and will not allow to be disproved,something which is false, but not impossible. Best, Ev. 419.These assumptions are of an innocent or even beneficial character, and are madefor the advancement of the ends of justice. They secure this end chiefly by theextension of procedure from cases to which it is applicable to other cases to which it isnot strictly applicable, the ground of inapplicability being some difference of animmaterial character. Brown.Fictions are to be distinguished from presumptions of law. By the former, somethingknown to be false or unreal is assumed as true; by the latter, an inference is set up,which may be and probably is true, but which, at any rate, the law will not permit to be controverted.Mr. Best distinguishes legal fictions from presumptions juris et de jure, and dividesthem into three kinds,
Synonyms for Fiction:
n.
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- creation.
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- cock-and-bull story,
- misstatement,
- canard,
- Inveracity,
- misrepresentation,
- fish story,
- tall tale,
- whopper,
- falsity,
- fib.
- deceit,
- duplicity,
- crookedness,
- fraudulence,
- dishonesty,
- phoniness,
- falsehood,
- figment,
- deceptiveness,
- delusion.
- drama,
- romance,
- work of imagination,
- hooey,
- terminological inexactitude,
- novel,
- tale,
- concoction,
- smoke,
- myth,
- misrepresentation,
- yarn,
- crock,
- improvisation,
- fantasy,
- invention,
- figment of imagination,
- fabrication,
- lie,
- falsehood,
- fable,
- fancy,
- book,
- fib,
- cliff-hanger,
- imagination,
- tall story,
- clothesline,
- whopper,
- prevarication,
- storytelling,
- untruth,
- fish story,
- anecdote,
- legend,
- potboiler.
- serial,
- anecdote,
- story,
- romance,
- reminiscence,
- prosaicness,
- scenario,
- yarn,
- epic,
- legend,
- saga,
- novel,
- short story,
- fable,
- plot,
- recount,
- allegory,
- novella,
- prose,
- myth,
- episode,
- retelling,
- tale,
- plainness,
- account,
- storyline,
- parable,
- reading matter.
- lie.
Other synonyms:
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- cock-and-bull story,
- loose-leaf,
- unabridged,
- canard,
- fish story,
- unpublished,
- unputdownable,
- lie,
- bookrest.
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- fantasy,
- tall tale,
- misrepresentation,
- Inveracity,
- fib,
- Phantasma,
- misstatement,
- encyclopedic,
- bookmark,
- daydream,
- untruth,
- rumor.
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- reverie,
- unreadable,
- falsity,
- whopper,
- Phantasm.
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- creation.
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- set.
- delirium,
- whodunit,
- layer,
- tall story,
- concoction,
- flimflam,
- shave,
- essay,
- manufacture,
- cock-and-bull story,
- sell,
- misstatement,
- bookrest,
- production,
- make-believe,
- first draft,
- fish story,
- folktale,
- maggot,
- fake,
- final draft,
- device,
- forgery,
- imagination,
- crock,
- masquerade,
- literary work,
- Flam,
- parchment,
- draughty,
- horror story,
- typescript,
- copy,
- thriller,
- western,
- farrago,
- Gest,
- writings,
- vapor,
- printout,
- mystery story,
- hallucination,
- traveler,
- falsification,
- engrossment,
- book,
- legal fiction,
- invention,
- paper,
- folk story,
- dime novel,
- fairy tale,
- appearance,
- draught,
- hope,
- loose-leaf,
- improvisation,
- bubble,
- bookmark,
- drama,
- trumped up story,
- smoke,
- transcription,
- pretence,
- lucubration,
- science fiction,
- mendacity,
- play,
- distortion,
- opus,
- Eidolon,
- little white lie,
- encyclopedic,
- detective story,
- white lie,
- transcript,
- millennium,
- daydream,
- manuscript,
- wildest dream,
- ghost story,
- theme,
- correspondence,
- mendaciousness,
- horse opera,
- fair copy,
- contrivance,
- unpublished,
- piece,
- set,
- script,
- phantasy,
- whimsy,
- Fabliau,
- vapour,
- unabridged,
- composition,
- misrepresentation,
- computer printout,
- mythology,
- equivocation,
- untruth,
- farfetched story,
- printed matter,
- original,
- figment of the imagination,
- space fiction,
- claptrap,
- Recension,
- holograph,
- imagery,
- creation,
- review,
- scroll,
- taradiddle,
- idyll,
- space opera,
- hum,
- document,
- balderdash,
- melodrama,
- brainchild,
- evasiveness,
- fish tale,
- publication,
- fib,
- SCI-FI,
- phantom,
- literature,
- happy valley,
- mystery,
- bedtime story,
- matter,
- Phantasma,
- sham,
- prevarication,
- dream,
- deception,
- scrip,
- Arabian Nights,
- letter,
- apparition,
- clothesline,
- illustration,
- figment of imagination,
- fallaciousness,
- assembly,
- writing,
- apologue,
- half-truth,
- poetry,
- unreadable,
- nonfiction,
- shocker,
- Imagining,
- hooey,
- pipe dream,
- Fictitiousness,
- screed,
- flight of fancy,
- potboiler,
- work of imagination,
- penny dreadful,
- criticism,
- column,
- cliff-hanger,
- extravaganza,
- autograph,
- lie,
- fantasque,
- reverie,
- canard,
- tradition,
- fairy story,
- editorial,
- love story,
- pie-in-the-sky,
- Blague,
- metaphor,
- fantasy,
- nonsense,
- whim,
- unputdownable,
- penscript,
- lying,
- article,
- whopper,
- exaggeration,
- falsity,
- version,
- chimera,
- rumor,
- fancy,
- adventure story,
- terminological inexactitude,
- draft,
- vision,
- critique,
- fabrication,
- storytelling,
- journalism,
- fictionalization,
- mythos,
- wildest dreams,
- bound,
- Phantasm,
- poem,
- tall tale,
- piece of writing,
- Inveracity,
- fairyland,
- illusion,
- flimsy,
- draughtsman,
- work,
- trip.
Antonyms for Fiction:
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made-up story
truth, non-fiction, reality.
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Other antonyms:
certainty, materiality, actuality, record, literalness, verity, narrative, realness, chronicle, history.
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made-up story
Hypernym for Fiction:
Hyponym for Fiction:
n.
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communication
literary work, literary composition.
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communication
