Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun factoid

2 senses of factoid

Sense 1
factoid -- (something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print)
       => information, info -- (a message received and understood)

Sense 2
factoid -- (a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item)
       => news item -- (an item in a newspaper)