Synonyms of fictional

fictional

adjective

ˈfik-shnəl 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fictitious
• imaginary
• mythical
• imagined
• fantasied
• imaginal
• ideal
• invented
• phantom
• make-believe
• unreal
• fanciful
• theoretical
• chimerical
• fantastic
• phantasmal
• notional
• legendary
• made-up
• romantic
• hypothetical
• pretend
• fabulous
• phantasmic
• visionary
• unlikely
• fabled
• abstract
• fictive
• deceptive
• unbelievable
• unconvincing
• illusory
• envisioned
• visualized
• hallucinatory
• phantasmagoric
• conceived
• pictured
• nonexistent
• delusional
• delusive
• fabricated
• envisaged
• concocted
• daydreamlike
• feigned
• inexistent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• actual
• real
• existing
• true
• authentic
• genuine
• existent
• factual
• realistic
• physical
• verifiable
• convincing
• believable
• substantial
• solid
• corporeal
• material
• tangible
• verified
• palpable

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fictional

Sixty years after television audiences first tuned in to see the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, an astronaut on board the International Space Station has paid tribute to Star Trek by flying the badge of the franchise’s latest fictional captain. — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026

And that overall sense of purpose flows from a production unusually well-protected by the women who truly understand this fictional world’s appeal. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026

For its debut, Re/Done is launching After Hours, a campaign that imagines Gerber as a fictional character named Kimberly Tremble, a French librarian from the 1960s transported to New York City in the 1990s. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

If Ed Yong’s An Immense World opened your eyes to the possibilities of how other creatures experience the world around us, Hawkins delivers a stunning fictional experiment in that same vein. — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026