English noun: fiction | |||
1. | fiction (communication) a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact | ||
Broader (hypernym) | literary composition, literary work | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dystopia, fantasy, novel, phantasy, story, utopia | ||
2. | fiction (communication) a deliberately false or improbable account | ||
Synonyms | fable, fabrication | ||
Broader (hypernym) | falsehood, falsity, untruth | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | canard | ||