36
story(noun, report, line, deception, detail)
28
anecdote(noun, account, description, fantasy, story)
23
fiction(noun, literature, report, line, deception)
22
narrative(noun, literature, feature, report, detail)
22
yarn(noun, literature, feature, report, line)
18
fib(noun, deception, speech, true, lie)
18
account(noun, verb, feature, run, report)
18
falsehood(noun, speech, true, lie, fantasy)
17
fable(noun, literature, feature, knowledge, report)
17
lie(noun, literature, abuse, report, scorn)
15
legend(noun, literature, feature, knowledge, report)
15
narration(noun, feature, report, detail, account)
14
fabrication(noun, literature, report, line, deception)
13
untruth(noun, literature, line, deception, true)
12
chronicle(noun, feature, report, detail, talk)
12
history(noun, feature, report, detail, account)
12
prevarication(noun, deception, true, lie, sham)
12
romance(noun, literature, feature, report, account)
12
saga(noun, report, account, record, description)
11
myth(noun, account, moral, fantasy, story)
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