fabrication
noun
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a deliberately false or improbable account
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- fabulist derivation
- manufacture derivation
- fictionalize derivation
- fabulous derivation
- sham derivation
- fictitious derivation
Sense 2 noun
writing in a fictional form
Types & categories
- authorship hypernym
Related & opposite
- novelize derivation
- manufacture derivation
- fictionalize derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals
Types & categories
- creating from raw materials hypernym
- formation hyponym
- newspeak hyponym
- prefabrication hyponym
Related & opposite
- manufacture derivation
Sense 4 noun
the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
Types & categories
- construction hypernym
Related & opposite
- dismantling antonym
- manufacture derivation
Sense 5 noun
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
Types & categories
- falsification hypernym
- fibbing hyponym
Related & opposite
- lie derivation
- tergiversate derivation
- manufacture derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fabulist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | manufacture |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fictionalize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fabulous |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sham |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fictitious |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | falsehood |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | canard |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | novelize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | manufacture |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fictionalize |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | authorship |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | manufacture |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | creating from raw materials |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | formation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | newspeak |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | prefabrication |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | dismantling |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | manufacture |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | construction |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lie |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | tergiversate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | manufacture |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | falsification |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | fibbing |