There really was an Alice, but Wonderland is a figment of the imagination.
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Figment
Synonyms for "figment" (48 found)
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Strong matches (14)
Related words (24)
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15 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 11 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πλάσμα noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
Armenian
1 entries- ֆիկցիա noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
Bulgarian
1 entries- измислица noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
Dutch
3 entries- bedenksel noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
- droom noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
- verzinsel noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
Finnish
1 entries- kuvitelma noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
French
4 entries- chimère noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
- divagation noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
- déconnage noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
- fantasmagorie noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
German
3 entries- Erfindung noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
- Fantasieprodukt noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
- Hirngespinst noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
Greek
1 entries- αποκύημα noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
Hungarian
3 entries- kitaláció noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
- koholmány noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
- szülött noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
Russian
4 entries- вы́думка noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
- вы́мысел noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
- до́мысел noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
- ложь noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
Spanish
4 entries- abulencia noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
- ensueño noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
- espejismo noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
- ficción noun (fabrication, fantasy, invention)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
What he saw wasn't a ghost but just a figment of his imagination.
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He is a figment as much as a figure.
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This is a mere figment of your imagination.
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