Fiction

//ˈfɪk.ʃən//

Synonyms for "fiction" (172 found)

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Closest matches (35)

Noun(1 words)
fabrication

Strong matches (51)

Noun(3 words)
fablefalsenessfigment

Related words (86)

lucubrationmaggotmake believemake-believemanuscriptmarchenmattermendacitymisrepresentationmsmysterymystery storymythmythologymythosnarrativenonfictionnursery taleopusoriginal
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paperparableparchmentpenscriptphantasmphantompiecepiece of writingpious fictionplaypoempretencepretenseprevaricationprinted matterprintoutproductionreading matterrecensionromancesci fiscience fictionscreedscripscriptscrivescrollsecond draftshockersick fancyslight stretchingspace fictionspace operastorystretch of the imaginationsuspense storytaletall storytall taletaradiddlethe written wordthick-coming fanciesthrillertranscripttranscriptiontriptrumped-up storytypescriptuntruthvaporversionvisionwesternwestern storywesternerwhimwhimsywhite liewhodunitwildest dreamwildest dreamsworkwork of fictionwritingyarn
Noun(1 words)
pretense

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9 relation types

More general

5 entries

More specific

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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derived

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has context

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is a

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not has_property

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related to

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Translations

121 translations across 54 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • μυθολογία noun (literary type)

Arabic

2 entries
  • خَيَال noun (literary type)
  • رِوَايَة noun (literary type)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • qondarma noun (invention)
  • uydurma noun (invention)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • бэлетры́стыка noun (literary type)
  • вы́думка noun (invention)
  • вы́мысел noun (invention)
  • кра́снае пісьме́нства noun (literary type)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • белетри́стика noun (literary type)
  • изми́слица noun (invention)
  • худо́жествена литерату́ра noun (literary type)

Catalan

2 entries
  • ficció noun (literary type)
  • ficció noun (invention)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • handurawat noun (literary type)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 小說 /小说 noun (literary type)
  • 虛構文學 /虚构文学 noun (literary type)

Czech

3 entries
  • beletrie noun (literary type)
  • fikce noun (invention)
  • výmysl noun (invention)

Danish

4 entries
  • fantasi noun (invention)
  • fiktion noun (literary type)
  • opspind noun (invention)
  • skønlitteratur noun (literary type)

Dutch

2 entries
  • fictie noun (literary type)
  • fictie noun (invention)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • fikcio noun (literary type)

Faroese

1 entries
  • skaldskapur noun (literary type)

Finnish

4 entries
  • fiktio noun (literary type)
  • fiktio noun (invention)
  • kaunokirjallisuus noun (literary type)
  • sepite noun (invention)

French

3 entries
  • belles-lettres noun (literary type)
  • fiction noun (literary type)
  • fiction noun (invention)

Galician

1 entries
  • ficción noun (literary type)

German

3 entries
  • Belletristik noun (literary type)
  • Erfindung noun (invention)
  • Fiktion noun (literary type)

Greek

1 entries
  • μυθιστόρημα noun (literary type)

Hindi

1 entries
  • काल्पनिक noun (literary type)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • szépirodalom noun (literary type)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • skáldskapur noun (literary type)
  • skáldskapur noun (invention)
  • uppspuni noun (invention)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • fiksi noun (literary type)

Irish

2 entries
  • ficsean noun (literary type)
  • finscéal noun (literary type)

Italian

1 entries
  • finzione noun (literary type)

Japanese

2 entries
  • フィクション noun (literary type)
  • 小説 noun (literary type)

Javanese

1 entries
  • dedongèngan noun (literary type)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • урн зокъял noun (literary type)

Korean

2 entries
  • 소설 noun (literary type)
  • 픽션 noun (literary type)

Latin

3 entries
  • commentum noun (literary type)
  • fabula noun (literary type)
  • res ficta noun (literary type)

Latvian

2 entries
  • beletristika noun (literary type)
  • daiļliteratūra noun (literary type)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • grožinė literatūra noun (literary type)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • белетристика noun (literary type)
  • измислица noun (invention)

Malay

4 entries
  • cereka noun (literary type)
  • cerita rekaan noun (literary type)
  • fiksi noun (literary type)
  • fiksyen noun (literary type)

Middle English

1 entries
  • ficcioun noun (invention)

Māori

3 entries
  • kōrero takuahi noun (invention)
  • pakimaero noun (literary type)
  • pakiwaitara noun (literary type)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • fiksjon noun (literary type)
  • skjønnlitteratur noun (literary type)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • fiksjon noun (literary type)
  • skjønnlitteratur noun (literary type)

Occitan

2 entries
  • ficcion noun (literary type)
  • ficcion noun (invention)

Old English

1 entries
  • lēasspell noun (literary type)

Persian

1 entries
  • داستانی noun (literary type)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Romaunschreft noun (literary type)

Polish

2 entries
  • beletrystyka noun (literary type)
  • fikcja noun (invention)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • ficcionismo noun (literary type)
  • ficção noun (literary type)
  • ficção noun (invention)
  • fingimento noun (invention)

Romanian

1 entries
  • literatură artistică noun (literary type)

Russian

4 entries
  • беллетри́стика noun (literary type)
  • вы́думка noun (invention)
  • вы́мысел noun (invention)
  • фи́кция noun (invention)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • ficsean noun (literary type)
  • uirsgeul noun (literary type)

Slovak

2 entries
  • beletria noun (literary type)
  • výmysel noun (invention)

Spanish

2 entries
  • ficción noun (literary type)
  • ficción noun (invention)

Swahili

1 entries
  • bunilizi noun (literary type)

Swedish

2 entries
  • fiktion noun (literary type)
  • skönlitteratur noun (literary type)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • bungang-isip noun (literary type)
  • gawa-gawa noun (invention)
  • kathang-isip noun (literary type)

Turkish

2 entries
  • kurgu noun (literary type)
  • kurgu noun (invention)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • белетри́стика noun (literary type)
  • ви́гад noun (invention)
  • ви́гадка noun (invention)
  • ви́мисел noun (invention)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ffuglen noun (literary type)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Reading science fiction sometimes does much to encourage a scientific view of the universe.

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Bob was so beside himself that he could scarcely tell fact from fiction.

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The fiction reduced girls to tears.

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The news is fiction.

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