FICTITIOUS Synonyms

• (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1

• not based on fact; existing only in the imagination

• come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

• concoct something artificial or untrue

• formed or conceived by the imagination

• not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality

• in a disloyal and faithless manner

• arising from error

• erroneous and usually accidental

• deliberately deceptive

• inappropriate to reality or facts

• not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

• designed to deceive

• inaccurate in pitch

• adopted in order to deceive

• (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful

• related to or involving literary fiction

• formed or conceived by the imagination

• not genuine

• having been surfaced (e.g. with asphalt)

• based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity

• not having existence or being or actuality

• a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

• fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

• the enactment of a pretense

• imagined as in a play

• make believe with the intent to deceive

• behave unnaturally or affectedly

• put forward a claim and assert right or possession of

• put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

• represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like

• state insincerely

• not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

• reproduced or made to resemble; imitative in character

• lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria

• not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary

• contrived by art rather than nature

• lacking material form or substance; unreal

• make a concoction (of) by mixing

• prepare or cook by mixing ingredients

• invent

• devise or invent

• showing effects of planning or manipulation

• artificially formal

• adopted in order to deceive

• formed or conceived by the imagination

• adopted in order to deceive

• something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

• a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• adopted in order to deceive

• make a pretence of

• make believe with the intent to deceive