| tale(noun, literature, feature, knowledge, report) |
| fiction(noun, literature, thing, deception, account) |
| myth(noun, literature, religion, feature, report) |
| story(noun, account, sham, moral) |
| fabrication(noun, literature, thing, deception) |
| yarn(noun, literature, feature, report, informal) |
| invention(noun, literature, thing, nonfiction) |
| fib(noun, literature, activity, thing, deception) |
| falsehood(noun, literature, thing, nonfiction) |
| untruth(noun, literature, thing, deception) |
| forgery(noun, thing, deception, dishonesty) |
| figment(noun, deception, sham, dishonesty) |
| canard(noun, deception, sham, dishonesty) |
| prevarication(noun, deception, sham, fantasy) |
| tall tale(noun, expression, informal, deception) |
| whopper(noun, literature, deception, sham) |
| fairy story(noun, expression, idiom, fantasy) |
| cock-and-bull story(noun, expression, deception, story) |
| concoction(noun, literature, nonfiction, fantasy) |
| fake(noun, deceit, falsehood, invention) |