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. Matthias Kiener:

   External auditors, unlike [counter-fraud] officers, are not necessarily looking for evidence of fictitious receipts or inappropriate spending in the field, sometimes the due diligence is not done. That might be because many charities are founded on the principle of trust. An NGO might be reluctant to ask tough questions of some of those it employs.

2. Yaakov Menken:

   Repeatedly accusing the Jewish state of Israel of ‘genocide,' ‘apartheid,' and other fictitious crimes while praising China, a country that is putting Muslims in internment camps, indicates an irrational hatred of Jews and not a concern for human rights, with regards to Jews, diversity heads seem to share much in common with grand wizards of the Ku Klux Klan, and it is clear that the entire field needs to be reevaluated before more Jewish students are placed at unnecessary risk.

3. Naomi Kahn:

   The Palestinian Authority and Palestinian Authority supporters have proven willing, even eager, to destroy the physical remains of thousands of years of Judeo-Christian culture in an attempt to make way for a fictitious quasi-historical narrative that supports their political agenda.

4. Long Liu:

   What the company is promising is a fictitious tale. This is not like a real investment because it will never be realized or returned.

5. 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 ?