FICTITIOUS

assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham

(adjective) 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”

fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictitious

(adjective) formed or conceived by the imagination; “a fabricated excuse for his absence”; “a fancied wrong”; “a fictional character”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

fictitious (not comparable)

Invented; contrived.

Synonyms: imaginary, invented, contrived, fictive

Source: Wiktionary

Fic*ti"tious, a. Etym: [L. fictitius. See Fiction.]

Definition: Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; not genuine; as, fictitious fame. The human persons are as fictitious as the airy ones. Pope.

– Fic*ti"tious*ly, adv.

– Fic*ti"tious*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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