1. apologue Fiction is now chiefly used of a prose work in narrative form in which the characters are partly or wholly imaginary, and which is designed to portray human life, with or without a practical lesson Synonyms: fiction, allegory, fabrication, invention, myth, romance, apologue, falsehood, legend, novel, story, fable, figment Antonyms: certainty, fact, history, literalness, reality, truth, verity