as in fictitious
not real and existing only in the imagination
the events in the horror movie seemed so real to some fans that they could not believe that the whole thing was fictional
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Recent Examples of fictional
The story follows Isabel Belly Conklin (Lola Tung) and her love affair with the fictional Cousins Beach, and the brothers who defined her summers there.
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Then he was cast as Danny Partridge in The Partridge Family, which followed a fictional group of siblings (and their mom, played by Shirley Jones).
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
The series followed the lives and relationship between fictional single mother Lorelai Gilmore and her daughter Rory Gilmore, living in the fictional town Stars Hollow, Connecticut, known for its quirky charm and tight-knit community.
—Makayla Coffee, Freep.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The trio makes up the fictional band Connect 3.
—Megan Dubois, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Then he was cast as Danny Partridge in The Partridge Family, which followed a fictional group of siblings (and their mom, played by Shirley Jones).
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
The series followed the lives and relationship between fictional single mother Lorelai Gilmore and her daughter Rory Gilmore, living in the fictional town Stars Hollow, Connecticut, known for its quirky charm and tight-knit community.
—Makayla Coffee, Freep.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The trio makes up the fictional band Connect 3.
—Megan Dubois, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fictional
Adjective
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The fictitious play would suffer the kind of malchance that builds momentum, gains form, enslaves a story to its premise.—
Lauren Rothery,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Tyriq Withers stars as Cameron Cade, a disciplined athlete who has a shot at playing in a fictitious national league that absolutely is not the NFL.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
19 Sep. 2025
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The real audience would hear the imaginary audience booing and jeering.—
Lauren Rothery,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Once there was an imaginary line that mustn’t be crossed.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
19 Sep. 2025
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When strung together, these hand signs appear to form Long Count dates, the Maya system for reckoning absolute time since a mythic creation in 3114 BCE.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Sep. 2025
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At the time, the character was 17 and owed his bendy superpowers to eating a mythical fruit.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Fictional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fictional. Accessed 27 Sep. 2025.
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