fictitious
Meaning of fictitious
- not real or true; imaginary or fabricated.
reports of a deal were dismissed as fictitious by the Minister
- occurring in or invented for fiction.
early 17th century: from Latin ficticius (from fingere ‘contrive, form’) + -ous (see also -itious2).
Information about fictitious
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of fictitious
fic-ti-tious
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- fictitious is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
fictitious synonyms
Meaning fabricated:
fabricated, fancied, fictional, invented
Meaning assumed:
assumed, false, fictive, pretended, sham
Meaning not genuine; imitation or counterfeit:
Meaning made in exact imitation of something valuable with the intention to deceive or defraud:
Meaning not in accordance with fact or reality; false or incorrect:
Meaning not genuine or true (used in a disapproving manner when deception has been attempted):
Meaning not being what it purports to be; false or fake:
Meaning influenced or touched by an external factor:
Meaning legally take (another's child) and bring it up as one's own:
Meaning simulated or pretended; insincere:
Meaning make (a dish or meal) by combining various ingredients:
Meaning created and performed spontaneously or without preparation; impromptu:
Meaning not really what it is represented as being; imaginary:
Meaning not genuine; fraudulent:
Meaning a large marine fish with a small barbel on the chin:
Meaning existing only in the imagination:
Meaning (of something unreal or untrue) believed to exist or be so:
Meaning imaginary or illusory:
Meaning occurring in or characteristic of myths or folk tales:
Meaning a book containing a story or collection of stories intended for children:
Meaning (of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true:
Meaning plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought:
fictitious antonyms
Meaning truly what something is said to be; authentic:
Meaning concerned with what is actually the case:
Translation of fictitious
- Italian: immaginario, fittizio
- French: imaginaire
- Portuguese: imaginário
- German: imaginär, eingebildet
- Spanish: imaginario, imaginaria, ficticio, ficticia
Words that rhyme with fictitious
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