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synonyms for fictitious

  • apocryphal
  • bogus
  • counterfeit
  • fabricated
  • false
  • fanciful
  • fictional
  • imaginary
  • make believe
  • misleading
  • mythical
  • phony
  • sham
  • spurious
  • artificial
  • assumed
  • chimerical
  • concocted
  • cooked-up
  • created
  • deceptive
  • delusive
  • delusory
  • dishonest
  • ersatz
  • factitious
  • fake
  • faked
  • fantastic
  • fashioned
  • feigned
  • fictive
  • figmental
  • hyped-up
  • illusory
  • imagined
  • improvised
  • invented
  • made
  • mock
  • queer
  • romantic
  • simulated
  • suppositious
  • supposititious
  • synthetic
  • trumped-up
  • unreal
On this page you'll find 107 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fictitious, such as: apocryphal, bogus, counterfeit, fabricated, false, and fanciful.

antonyms for fictitious

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  • authentic
  • factual
  • genuine
  • honest
  • real
  • sincere
  • true
  • truthful
  • actual
  • certain
  • confirmed
  • proven
  • sure
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How to use fictitious in a sentence

She created three fictitious email addresses to submit the complaints, Zeidenberg said, and occasionally slipped up, for instance signing an email purporting to be from one researcher with the name of another.
KANSAS PROFESSOR SAYS FBI MISLED COURT IN ALLEGING HIDDEN TIES TO CHINESE GOVERNMENTELLEN NAKASHIMAAUGUST 24, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Working as a contractor at a social security administration office, he caught his bosses creating fictitious aid recipients and pocketing payments, according to his New York lawyer, Li Jinjin, who also goes by Jim Li.
OPERATION FOX HUNT: HOW CHINA EXPORTS REPRESSION USING A NETWORK OF SPIES HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHTBY SEBASTIAN ROTELLA AND KIRSTEN BERGJULY 22, 2021PROPUBLICA
It wrote that “extensive research reveals that the company’s orders appear largely fictitious and used as a prop to raise capital and confer legitimacy.”
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OPENS INVESTIGATION INTO EV STARTUP LORDSTOWN MOTORSARIA ALAMALHODAEIJULY 2, 2021TECHCRUNCH
Deputy Anthony Sharp, 33, and his trainee Robert Osborne, 30, noticed “fictitious tags” on Bumpass’ car, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
COPS SAY HE KILLED HIMSELF DURING A TRAFFIC STOP. HIS FAMILY SAYS IT’S MURDER.ANDREW BORYGAMAY 28, 2021THE DAILY BEAST
It’s a deluge of fictitious monsters running amok in forests, caves, and under the sea, ripe with hidden pathways for rare glimpses and an overly critical scientist who definitely didn’t go to art school.
I’VE GOTTA HAND IT TO NINTENDO—THEY DID POKEMON SNAP RIGHTJILLIAN LUCASMAY 21, 2021THE DAILY BEAST
His multifaceted business empire is named Genco reportedly after the fictitious olive oil company that was a front for The Godfather boss Vito Corleone.
'WE FACE VERY TOUGH CHALLENGES.' HOW MONGOLIA TYPIFIES THE PROBLEMS POSED TO SMALL COUNTRIES BY CHINA'S RISECHARLIE CAMPBELL / SHANGHAIAPRIL 14, 2021TIME
Then she went into some nonsense about how we had to pay a certain amount to claim this bundle of fictitious money.
HINTS FROM HELOISE: REMOVING WINE LABELS CAN BE A STICKY SITUATIONHELOISE HELOISEMARCH 26, 2021WASHINGTON POST
The short seller says that “extensive research reveals that the company’s orders appear largely fictitious and used as a prop to raise capital and confer legitimacy.”
LORDSTOWN MOTORS ACCUSED OF FAKING EV TRUCK PRE-ORDERS BY SHORT-SELLER FIRM HINDENBURG RESEARCHKIRSTEN KOROSECMARCH 12, 2021TECHCRUNCH
Who wants to peruse fictitious adventures, when railroads and steamboats woo him to adventures of his own?
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS
The quadroon was following them with little quick steps, having assumed a fictitious animation and alacrity for the occasion.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
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WORDS RELATED TO FICTITIOUS

  • counterfeit
  • doubtful
  • dubious
  • equivocal
  • false
  • fictitious
  • inaccurate
  • mythical
  • spurious
  • unauthenticated
  • ungenuine
  • unsubstantiated
  • untrue
  • unverified
  • wrong
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