|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
Marchen, Western, Western story, Westerner, adventure story, allegory, anecdote, apologue, apparition, article, autograph, bedtime story, blague, brainchild, bubble, canard, chimera, cock-and-bull story, composition, computer printout, concoction, copy, delirium, detective story, document, draft, edited version, eidolon, engrossment, essay, exaggeration, extravaganza, fable, fabliau, fabrication, fair copy, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fancy, fantasque, fantasy, farfetched story, farrago, fib, figment, final draft, finished version, first draft, fish story, flam, flimflam, flimsy, folk story, folktale, forgery, gest, ghost story, half-truth, hallucination, holograph, horse opera, idle fancy, illusion, imagery, imagination, imagining, insubstantial image, invention, legal fiction, legend, letter, lie, literae scriptae, literary artefact, literary production, literature, little white lie, love story, lucubration, maggot, make-believe, manuscript, matter, mendacity, misrepresentation, mystery, mystery story, myth, mythology, mythos, narrative, nonfiction, nursery tale, opus, original, paper, parable, parchment, penscript, phantasm, phantom, piece, piece of writing, pious fiction, play, poem, prevarication, printed matter, printout, production, reading matter, recension, romance, science fiction, screed, scrip, script, scrive, scroll, second draft, shocker, sick fancy, slight stretching, space fiction, space opera, story, suspense story, tale, tall story, tall tale, taradiddle, the written word, thick-coming fancies, thriller, transcript, transcription, trip, trumped-up story, typescript, untruth, vapor, version, vision, whim, whimsy, white lie, whodunit, wildest dreams, work, work of fiction, writing, yarn |
|
|
|
Dictionary Results for fiction: |
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
fiction
n 1: a literary work based on the imagination and not
necessarily on fact
2: a deliberately false or improbable account [syn:
fabrication, fiction, fable]
|
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Fiction \Fic"tion\, n. [F. fiction, L. fictio, fr. fingere,
fictum to form, shape, invent, feign. See Feign.]
1. The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a
mere fiction of the mind. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
[1913 Webster]
2. That which is feigned, invented, or imagined; especially,
a feigned or invented story, whether oral or written.
Hence: A story told in order to deceive; a fabrication; --
opposed to fact, or reality.
[1913 Webster]
The fiction of those golden apples kept by a dragon.
--Sir W.
Raleigh.
[1913 Webster]
When it could no longer be denied that her flight
had been voluntary, numerous fictions were invented
to account for it. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
3. Fictitious literature; comprehensively, all works of
imagination; specifically, novels and romances.
[1913 Webster]
The office of fiction as a vehicle of instruction
and moral elevation has been recognized by most if
not all great educators. --Dict. of
Education.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Law) An assumption of a possible thing as a fact,
irrespective of the question of its truth. --Wharton.
[1913 Webster]
5. Any like assumption made for convenience, as for passing
more rapidly over what is not disputed, and arriving at
points really at issue.
Syn: Fabrication; invention; fable; falsehood.
Usage: Fiction, Fabrication. Fiction is opposed to what
is real; fabrication to what is true. Fiction is
designed commonly to amuse, and sometimes to instruct;
a fabrication is always intended to mislead and
deceive. In the novels of Sir Walter Scott we have
fiction of the highest order. The poems of Ossian, so
called, were chiefly fabrications by Macpherson.
[1913 Webster]
|
|
|
|
|
Common Misspellings > |
fiction ifiction ifction fifction iction ffiction fcition ficition fction fiiction fitcion fictcion fition ficction ficiton fictiton ficion ficttion fictoin fictioin ficton fictiion fictino fictiono fictin fictioon fictinon fictio fictionn eiction feiction efiction riction friction rfiction tiction ftiction tfiction diction fdiction dfiction giction fgiction gfiction ciction fciction cfiction viction fviction vfiction biction fbiction bfiction iction f iction fiction f8ction fi8ction f8iction f*ction fi*ction f*iction f9ction fi9ction f9iction fuction fiuction fuiction foction fioction foiction fjction fijction fjiction fkction fikction fkiction flction filction fliction faction fection fistion ficstion fisction fidtion ficdtion fidction fiftion ficftion fifction fixtion ficxtion fixction fivtion ficvtion fivction fi tion fic tion fi ction fic5ion fict5ion fic5tion fic%ion fict%ion fic%tion fic6ion fict6ion fic6tion ficrion fictrion ficrtion ficyion fictyion ficytion ficfion fictfion ficftion ficgion fictgion ficgtion fichion ficthion fichtion fict8on ficti8on fict8ion fict*on ficti*on fict*ion fict9on ficti9on fict9ion fictuon fictiuon fictuion fictoon fictioon fictoion fictjon fictijon fictjion fictkon fictikon fictkion fictlon fictilon fictlion fictaon ficteon ficti9n fictio9n ficti9on ficti(n fictio(n ficti(on ficti0n fictio0n ficti0on fictiin fictioin fictiion fictipn fictiopn fictipon fictikn fictiokn fictikon fictiln fictioln fictilon fictian fictien fictiun fictiog fictiong fictiogn fictioh fictionh fictiohn fictioj fictionj fictiojn fictiob fictionb fictiobn fictiom fictionm fictiomn fictio fiction fictio n Definition commonly spelled as: Defanition or Defenition, Synonym as: Synonim, Sinonym or Sinonim, Thesaurus as: Thesorus or Thesauris, Dictionary as: Dictionery or Dictionry and Define is usually not misspelled. What does mispell meen? It Meens...
Full Map Index: Å Norway-Am Timan Chad |
Ama United States of America-Audon France |
Audouville-la-Hubert France-Baskil Turkey |
Baskin United States of America-Bindoy Philippines |
Bindoy Philippines-Breuilpont France |
Breukelen Netherlands-Campofelice di Fitalia Italy |
Campofelice di Roccella Italy-Champigny France |
Champigny-en-Beauce France-Colle San Magno Italy |
Colle Sannita Italy-Damulog Philippines |
Damurhuda Bangladesh-Duliāgaon India |
Duliajan No.1 India-Ethridge United States of America |
Étienville France-Frignano Italy |
Frignicourt France-Gouhenans France |
Gouillons France-Hasselbach Germany |
Hasselbach Germany-Hurlock United States of America |
Huron United States of America-Jovellanos Cuba |
Jovellar Philippines-Kirchzell Germany |
Kircubbin United Kingdom-La Gomera Guatemala |
La Gonfrière France-Le Hohwald France |
Le Hommet-dArthenay France-Loma de Gato Philippines |
Loma de Juárez Mexico-Mālpur India |
Mālpura India-Memphis United States of America |
Memphis United States of America-Montería Colombia |
Monteriggioni Italy-Navalilla Spain |
Navalmanzano Spain-Noyelles-lès-Seclin France |
Noyelles-lès-Vermelles France-Pachelma Russia |
Pachgaon India-Piégut-Pluviers France |
Piekary Śląskie Poland-Prilep Macedonia |
Přílepy Czech Republic-Reuil-en-Brie France |
Reuilly France-Şag Romania |
Şag Romania-Saint-Puy France |
Saint-Python France-Santa Rita Panama |
Santa Rita Venezuela-Sewarhi India |
Sewen France-Sparbu Norway |
Spardorf Germany-Tamparan Philippines |
Tampayan Philippines-Tottington United Kingdom |
Tottleben Germany-Valdivia Chile |
Valdivia Colombia-Villeneuve-le-Roi France |
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon France-White City United States of America |
White City Canada-Żywiec Poland |
|
Most Popular Searches: Define Misanthrope, Define Pulchritudinous, Define Happy, Define Veracity, Define Cornucopia, Define Almuerzo, Define Atresic, Define URL, Definitions Of Words, Definition Of Get Up, Definition Of Quid Pro Quo, Definition Of Irreconcilable Differences, Definition Of Word, Synonyms of Repetitive, Synonym Dictionary, Synonym Antonyms. See our main index and map index for more details.
|
©2011-2024 ZebraWords.com - Define Yourself - The Search for Meanings and Meaning Means I Mean. All content subject to terms and conditions as set out here. Contact Us, peruse our Privacy Policy |
|