A fiction invented to deceive; a fabrication, falsehood. †Phrase, without (but, sans) fable.

A product of imagination, fiction, figment.

quasi-concrete. A creation or production (of the mind); an assumption, fiction, fable. Obsolete.

A fictitious statement or story; a fabrication, fiction, figment.

A groundless assertion; an unsubstantiated rumour.

A fiction, invention.

A product of fictitious invention. An invented statement, story, doctrine, etc. †In early use also: A fraudulent device.

A fabrication, coinage.

A statement or narrative proceeding from mere invention; such statements collectively.

A statement or story that is characteristic of a knave, esp. in being dishonest or fraudulent.

A sham story, fabrication, falsehood; a piece of deception, a trick.

slang. (See quot. 1720 and cf. gunner, n. 6.) Obsolete.

A story or lie; an invention. Obsolete. rare.

In bad sense: The action of fabricating or ‘making up’; the invention (of a statement); the forging (of a document). Also concrete. An invention; a…

A made-up story, a deceit.

A ‘made-up’ story; a piece of deception, an imposture, a lie. broad gag (see quot. 1823).

As a mass noun: such stories collectively or as a genre.

A made-up story; an invention, a fiction. Also (Irish English (northern)): a lie.

A statement or narrative fictitiously made up.