fictitious meaning and definition

FICTITIOUS adjective

Definition of fictitious (adjective)

1. formed or conceived by the imagination
   • "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character"
   • synonyms: fabricated, fancied, fictional
2. adopted in order to deceive
   • "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"
   • synonyms: assumed, false, fictive, pretended, put on, sham