FICTITIOUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does fictitious mean? • FICTITIOUS (adjective)
The adjective FICTITIOUS has 2 senses:
1. formed or conceived by the imagination
2. adopted in order to deceive
Familiarity information: FICTITIOUS used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FICTITIOUS (adjective)
Meaning:
Formed or conceived by the imagination
Synonyms:
fabricated; fancied; fictitious; invented; made-up; fictional
Context examples:
a fabricated excuse for his absence / a fancied wrong / a fictional character / used fictitious names / a made-up story
Similar:
unreal (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria)
Meaning:
Adopted in order to deceive
Synonyms:
sham; fictive; pretended; put on; fictitious; assumed; false
Context examples:
an assumed name / an assumed cheerfulness / a fictitious address / fictive sympathy / a pretended interest / a put-on childish voice / sham modesty
Similar:
counterfeit; imitative (not genuine; imitating something superior)
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