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fictitious

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adjective
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As an adjective, fictitious means invented.

Meanings of fictitious

3 meanings

adjective

  1. Invented; contrived.

  2. Formed or conceived by the imagination

    “a fabricated excuse for his absence”

    “a fancied wrong”

    “a fictional character”

    Similar: fabricated, fancied, fictional

  3. Adopted in order to deceive

    “an assumed name”

    “an assumed cheerfulness”

    “a fictitious address”

    Similar: assumed, false, fictive, pretended, put on, sham

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

All synonyms for fictitious →
adjective: formed or conceived by the imagination
fabricatedfanciedfictional
adjective: adopted in order to deceive
assumedfalsefictivepretendedput onsham

Words that rhyme with fictitious

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delicioussuspiciousviciousambitioussuperstitiousauspiciousmaliciousnutritiouscapriciousperniciousexpeditiousfactitiousinjudiciousjudiciouslubriciouspropitious

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