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
Imaginal and fictional are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Imaginal" instead an adjective "Fictional".
Nearby Words: fiction, fictitious, fictionally, fictionalised
Imaginal
Imaginal adjective - Not real and existing only in the imagination.
Usage example: the equator is merely an imaginal line
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- ideal and fictional
- ideal and imaginal
- make-believe and fictional
- make-believe and imaginal
- fanciful and fictional
- fanciful and imaginal
- imaginary and fictional
- imaginary and imaginal
- fantastic and fictional
- fantastic and imaginal
- pretend and fictional
- pretend and imaginal
- unreal and fictional
- unreal and imaginal
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