Fictitious Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Fictitious has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Adjective

formed or conceived by the imagination

"a fabricated excuse for his absence"

"a fancied wrong"

"a fictional character"

fabricated fancied fictional fictitious

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"

assumed false fictitious fictive pretended put on sham

Invented; contrived.

"The detective realized that every clue leading to the suspect was fictitious and had been planted by the real killer."

Example Sentences

"a fabricated excuse for his absence" adjective

"a fancied wrong" adjective

"a fictional character" adjective

"an assumed name" adjective

"an assumed cheerfulness" adjective

"a fictitious address" adjective

"fictive sympathy" adjective

"a pretended interest" adjective

"a put-on childish voice" adjective

"sham modesty" adjective