Synonyms for fictitious
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. False
false, fictive, fake, bogus, unreal, counterfeit, untrue, spurious, assumed, apocryphal, sham, pretended, artificial, feigned, unauthentic, pseudo, illegitimate, simulated, mock, forged, synthetic, supposititious dated
2. Fictional
fictional, imaginary, fanciful, fabricated, ideal, fabulous, fancied, chimerical, romantic dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Invented; contrived.
Near-synonyms: fake, fictional
Related words
Example sentences
- fake Many consumer reviews of books on Amazon are fake.
- unreal I find the concept of Globish restrictive and unreal.
- bogus Sami opened a bank account with a bogus Egyptian ID.
- fictive Tom Jackson is a fictive person.
- fictional That ugly butcher resembles that fictional monster.
- imaginary Sami said his imaginary friend didn't have a face.
By length
- 4 letters
- fake1, mock1, sham1
- 5 letters
- false1, ideal2, bogus2
- 6 letters
- forged1, unreal2, pseudo2, untrue2, mythic2, fabled2
- 7 letters
- assumed2, fancied2, feigned1, fictive
- 8 letters
- romantic3, invented3, fabulous3, mythical3, spurious3, fanciful3
- 9 letters
- legendary4, synthetic3, fictional3, imaginary5, pretended3, simulated4, contrived2
- 10 letters
- artificial4, fabricated4, apocryphal4, chimerical4
- 11 letters
- counterfeit3, unauthentic4
- 12 letters
- illegitimate5
- 14 letters
- supposititious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ideal2 = 2 syllables).