Synonym: fable, fairy tale, fantasy, invention, legend, myth, untruth. Antonym: fact, nonfiction. Similar words: conviction, prediction, restriction, jurisdiction, dictionary order, action, auction, section. Meaning: ['fɪkʃn] 
n. 1. a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact 2. a deliberately false or improbable account.
n. 1. a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact 2. a deliberately false or improbable account. (151) Maeve Binchy , the undisputed queen of romantic fiction , is the favourite author.
More similar words: conviction, prediction, restriction, jurisdiction, dictionary order, action, auction, section, fraction, sanction, reaction, reduction, function, election, objection, selection, infection, identification, esterification, functional, collection, connection, production, reflection, take action, projection, distinction, and function, inspection, protection.