fabrication

noun

1. a deliberately false or improbable account

   Synonyms

   • fiction, fable

   Less specific

   • falsehood, falsity, untruth

   More specific

   • canard

2. writing in a fictional form

   Synonyms

   • fictionalization, fictionalisation

   Less specific

   • writing, authorship, composition, penning

3. the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; “the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals”; “an improvement in the manufacture of explosives”; “manufacturing is vital to Great Britain”

   Synonyms

   • manufacture, manufacturing

   Less specific

   • creating from raw materials

   More specific

   • formation, shaping, newspeak, prefabrication

4. the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

   Synonyms

   • assembly

   Antonym

   • dismantling, dismantlement, disassembly

   Less specific

   • construction, building

5. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

   Synonyms

   • lying, prevarication

   Less specific

   • falsification, misrepresentation

   More specific

   • fibbing, paltering