Fictional
Fictional adjective - Not real and existing only in the imagination.
Ostensible and fictional are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ostensible" instead an adjective "Fictional".
Nearby Words: fiction, fictitious, fictionally, fictionalised
Ostensible
Ostensible adjective - Appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed.
Fictional and ostensible are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fictional" instead an adjective "Ostensible".
Nearby Word: ostensibly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- make-believe and fictional
- make-believe and ostensible
- sham and fictional
- sham and ostensible
- fake and fictional
- fake and ostensible
- counterfeit and fictional
- counterfeit and ostensible
- seeming and fictional
- seeming and ostensible
- false and fictional
- false and ostensible
- imaginary and fictional
- imaginary and ostensible
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