| Main Entry: | best-seller |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top-selling item |
Synonyms: |
a top ten, chart-buster, favorite, hit*, hot item, hot seller, mover, number one, record-breaker, success, winner |
Antonyms: |
failure, flop |
| Main Entry: | fiction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | made-up story |
Synonyms: |
anecdote, best seller, book, cliff-hanger, clothesline, concoction, crock, drama, fable, fabrication, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, fib, figment of imagination, fish story, hooey, imagination, improvisation, invention, legend, lie, misrepresentation, myth, narrative, novel, potboiler, prevarication, romance, smoke*, storytelling, tale, tall story, terminological inexactitude, untruth, whopper, work of imagination, yarn |
Antonyms: |
non-fiction, truth |
| Main Entry: | novel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fictional book |
Synonyms: |
best-seller, cliff-hanger, fiction, narrative, novelette, novella, paperback, potboiler, prose, romance, story, tale, yarn |
| Main Entry: | crowning achievement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | success story |
Synonyms: |
Meisterstuck, best seller, bull's-eye, chef d'oeuvre, classic, coup, crowning accomplishment, crowning stroke, feather in one's cap, grand slam, hole in one, home run, icing on the cake, masterpiece, masterwork, showpiece, smash hit, work of a master, work of a past master |