'Figment' definitions:
Definition of 'figment'
(from WordNet)
noun
A contrived or fantastic idea; "a figment of the imagination"
Definition of 'Figment'
From: GCIDE
- Figment \Fig"ment\, n. [L. figmentum, fr. fingere to form, shape, invent, feign. See Feign.] An invention; a fiction; something feigned or imagined. [1913 Webster]
- Social figments, feints, and formalism. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]
- It carried rather an appearance of figment and invention . . . than of truth and reality. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'figment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apparition,
- brainchild,
- bubble,
- canard,
- chimera,
- concoction,
- creation,
- daydream,
- delirium,
- dream,
- eidolon,
- extravaganza,
- fable,
- fabrication,
- fancy,
- fantasque,
- fantasy,
- fiction,
- forgery,
- hallucination,
- idle fancy,
- illusion,
- imagery,
- imagination,
- imagining,
- insubstantial image,
- invention,
- maggot,
- make-believe,
- myth,
- nightmare,
- phantasm,
- phantom,
- romance,
- sick fancy,
- thick-coming fancies,
- trip,
- vapor,
- vision,
- whim,
- whimsy,
- wildest dreams