Synonyms for fictitious
fɪkˈtɪʃ əsfic·ti·tious

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1. fictitiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   invented, imaginary, contrived

2. fictitiousadjective

   Not real; invented; contrived.

   St. Mary Mead is a fictitious village from the books of Agatha Christie.

   Synonyms:
   invented, imaginary, contrived

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1. fictitious

   Synonyms:
   apocryphal, baseless, counterfeit, disputed, exploded, fabulous, false, spurious, unauthorized

   Antonyms:
   accepted, accredited, authentic, authoritative, authorized, certain, current, genuine, legitimate, original, real, received, reliable, sure, true, trustworthy, veritable

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1. fictitious

   Synonyms:
   unreal, suppositious, spurious, imaginary

   Antonyms:
   real, true, historical, genuine, authentic, veritable

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1. fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictitiousadjective

   formed or conceived by the imagination

   "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character"

   Synonyms:
   fancied, put on, assumed, sham, false, pretended, fictional, fabricated, fictive

   Antonyms:
   existent, genuine, real, echt

2. assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, shamadjective

   adopted in order to deceive

   "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"

   Synonyms:
   off-key, fancied, fake, mistaken, imitation, sour, delusive, fictive, simulated, put on, fictional, assumed, false, faux, sham, fabricated, pretended, untrue

   Antonyms:
   real, echt, existent, genuine

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1. fictitiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   feigned, invented, imaginary, fanciful, unreal, not true

2. fictitiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   false, counterfeit, spurious, supposititious, not genuine

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1. List of paraphrases for "fictitious":

   fictional, fictive, dummy, bogus, notional, imaginary, sham, mock, false, shell, fake

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How to use fictitious in a sentence?

1. Al Baker:

   It took two years to compile all the data that they fictitiously created to confront competition - we also need that much time to respond to those fictitious allegations against the Gulf carriers.

2. Paul Whelan:

   Why was I left behind ? While I am pleased Trevor is home with his family, I have been held on a fictitious charge of espionage for 40 months, the world knows this charge was fabricated. Why hasn't more been done to secure my release ?

3. Rudy Giuliani:

   The narrative about me is fictitious, it seems to be fed by a bunch of cackling hens around the watercooler.

4. Mark Twain:

   Sane and intelligent human beings are like all other human beings, and carefully and cautiously and diligently conceal their private real opinions from the world and give out fictitious ones in their stead for general consumption.

5. The FBI:

   He allegedly oversaw and approved their political and electoral interference operations in the United States which included the purchase of American computer server space, the creation of hundreds of fictitious online personas, and the use of stolen identities of persons from the United States, these actions were allegedly taken to reach significant numbers of Americans for the purposes of interfering with the United States political system, including the 2016 Presidential Election.