Factitious
Factitious adjective - Being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials.
Ostensible and factitious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ostensible" instead an adjective "Factitious".
Nearby Word: factitiously
Ostensible
Ostensible adjective - Appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed.
Factitious and ostensible are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Factitious" instead an adjective "Ostensible".
Nearby Word: ostensibly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sham and factitious
- sham and ostensible
- affected and factitious
- affected and ostensible
- synthetic and factitious
- synthetic and ostensible
- artificial and factitious
- artificial and ostensible
- fake and factitious
- fake and ostensible
- counterfeit and factitious
- counterfeit and ostensible
- seeming and factitious
- seeming and ostensible
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Ostensible and Factitious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/factitious/ostensible
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