Synonyms & related words for fictitious

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of fictitious — including fictional, fictive, fabricated, false, pretended, sham. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to fictitious

Explore words related to fictitious — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include fictitiousness, fictitiously, suppositious, fictively, fictiveness, fictionally, nonfictional, bogusness. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for fictitious

Common synonyms for fictitious include fictional, fictive, fabricated, false, pretended, sham, fancied, imaginary — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does fictitious come from?

The word fictitious breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root fict-, from Latin fingo (“shape, form”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.