fabrication
Made-up tale
Fabrication is something made up—an invention or lie presented as truth: His alibi turned out to be a complete fabrication.
The word also means the act of constructing or manufacturing something, especially from components: metal fabrication, the fabrication of circuit boards.
Both senses share the idea of making something that didn't exist before.
Deliberate falsehood
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- untruthA false statement
- fibTrivial, harmless falsehood
- misrepresentationFalse or misleading statement
dishonesty · distortion · exaggeration · invention · concoction · tall tale · whopper · prevarication
Constructing from components
- productionMaking or generating something
- machiningSubtractive metalworking process
- moldingDecorative architectural edging
- weldingHeat-fusing metal pieces
casting · forging · stamping · extrusion · soldering · tooling · lathing · finishing
Unverified traditional tale
- fableMoral tale with animals
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
- taleSpoken or written narrative
epic · saga · allegory · parable · lore · fantasy · fiction · make-believe
Fraudulent imitation
- fakeNot the real thing
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- imitationCopy of the original
- shamFraudulent imitation
phony · knockoff · replica · falsification · hoax · bootleg · fraudulent · doctored
Created manually, not mechanically
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
carpentry · metalwork · glassblowing · pottery · leatherwork · sewing · tailoring · embroidery
lie
Deliberate falsehood
misrepresentation · dishonesty · distortion · exaggeration · invention · concoction · tall tale · whopper · prevarication · deceit
assembly
Constructing from components
- productionMaking or generating something
- machiningSubtractive metalworking process
- moldingDecorative architectural edging
welding · casting · forging · stamping · extrusion · soldering · tooling · lathing · finishing · automation
legend
Unverified traditional tale
tale · epic · saga · allegory · parable · lore · fantasy · fiction · make-believe · tall tale
counterfeit
Fraudulent imitation
sham · phony · knockoff · replica · falsification · hoax · bootleg · fraudulent · doctored · tampered
handmade
Created manually, not mechanically
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
woodworking · carpentry · metalwork · glassblowing · pottery · leatherwork · sewing · tailoring · embroidery · quilting
- creative libertiesartistic license, poetic license, liberties, creative liberties, fictionalization
- memory errorsmemory leak, false memory, memory distortion, misattribution, confabulation
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- engineeringengineers, civil engineering, engineering, electrical engineering, blueprint
- industryfactories, factory, automotive, manufacturing plant, manufacturing plants
- machineryengine, machinery, industrial machinery, motors, engines
fabricationtruth
Accordance with reality
fact · honesty · veracity · truthfulness · candor
fabricationgenuine article
Authentic original item
original · authentic · the real thing · real thing · authentication
fabricationverification
Proving something accurate
confirmation · substantiation · validation · corroboration · reality
- metal fabricationShaping raw alloys industrially
- semiconductor fabricationManufacturing integrated circuits