Synonyms of fictive

fictive

adjective

as in phantasmagorical

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of fictive in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Everyone was invited, but Beyoncé seemed to find personal liberation — stretching the bounds of voice as instrument, experimenting with production — in that fictive communion. —Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024

Yet fictive kin are supposed to have a relationship with a child, whereas Ricardo didn’t know the woman. —Deborah Sontag, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024

More obscure is the bronze historical plaque out on the salt flats dedicated to the fictive characters Eddgar and Benn. —Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023

War onscreen, whether fictive or documentary, is often a sort of highlight reel: the excitement and terror of battle, cities in flames, the devastated aftermath. —Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023