Fictional
Fictional adjective - Not real and existing only in the imagination.
Usage example: the events in the horror movie seemed so real to some fans that they could not believe that the whole thing was fictional
Hypothetical and fictional are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hypothetical" instead an adjective "Fictional".
Nearby Words: fiction, fictitious, fictionally, fictionalised
Hypothetical
Hypothetical adjective - Existing only as an assumption or speculation.
Fictional and hypothetical are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fictional" instead an adjective "Hypothetical".
Nearby Words: hypothesis, hypothetic
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- ideal and fictional
- ideal and hypothetical
- fanciful and fictional
- fanciful and hypothetical
- abstract and fictional
- abstract and hypothetical
- theoretical and fictional
- theoretical and hypothetical
- imaginary and fictional
- imaginary and hypothetical
- supposed and fictional
- supposed and hypothetical
- assumed and fictional
- assumed and hypothetical
Both words in one sentence
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One way to show just how nerdy some characters are is to have them idly debating who would win in a hypothetical fight between two fictional characters.
Source: Hypothetical Fight Debate - The purpose of a hypothetical cast may be to give the reader of a fictional work a better picture of how a character looks and acts.
Source: Hypothetical Casting - In Quest featured hypothetical battles between characters from different fictional continuities.
Source: Too Spicy for Yog Sothoth
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