Fictional and Palpable

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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

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Palpable is an antonym for fictional.

Nearby Words: fiction, fictitious, fictionally, fictionalised

Palpable adjective - Able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind.

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Fictional is an antonym for palpable.

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