Meaning & use
fictitious
Invented or imagined rather than real; not true or factually accurate.
See it in a sentence
The novelist gave her characters fictitious names to protect the identities of real people.
Any resemblance between the fictitious company and a real business is purely coincidental.
A note on using this word
Fictitious often appears in legal or formal disclaimers, distinguishing invented details from factual ones.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
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