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Main Entry: fictitious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: untrue, made-up

Synonyms:

apocryphal, artificial, assumed, bogus*, chimerical, concocted, cooked-up, counterfeit, created, deceptive, delusive, delusory, dishonest, ersatz*, fabricated, factitious, fake, faked, false, fanciful, fantastic, fashioned, feigned, fictional, fictive, figmental, hyped up, illusory, imaginary, imagined, improvised, invented, made, make-believe, misleading, mock, mythical, phony, queer, romantic, sham*, simulated, spurious, suppositious, supposititious, synthetic, trumped-up, unreal
Notes: factitious refers to 'made up, contrived' as opposed to what is genuine, while fictitious is 'made up, contrived' as opposed to what is real; a factitious story might be designed to serve a purpose, but a fictitious story is intended to deceive
fictional is pertaining to or found in fiction; fictitious is 'false, fraudulent' or 'non-existent'

Antonyms:

actual, certain, confirmed, factual, genuine, proven, real, sincere, sure, true, truthful
Main Entry: made-up
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: invented mentally

Synonyms:

fabricated, false, fictional, imaginary, make-believe, mythical, prepared, specious, trumped-up, unreal, untrue

Antonyms:

original, real, true
Main Entry: invented
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: fictitious

Synonyms:

apocryphal, artificial, assumed, bogus*, chimerical, concocted, cooked-up, counterfeit, created, deceptive, delusive, delusory, dishonest, ersatz*, fabricated, factitious, fake*, faked, false, fanciful, fantastic, fantastical, fashioned, feigned, fictional, fictive, figmental, hyped up, illusory, imaginary, imagined, improvised, made, made-up, make-believe, misleading, mock, mythical, phony, queer, romantic, sham*, simulated, spurious, suppositious, supposititious, synthetic, trumped-up, unreal
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