fictional
Collocations
2(adj.)
VERBS
be
The characters in that novel are completely fictional, but the historical events are real.
ADV
entirely, purely, wholly
Definitions
adj
Invented, as opposed to real.
Romeo and Juliet are fictional characters.
The janitor's account of the crime turned out to be entirely fictional.
Containing invented elements.
The Simpsons is a fictional television show.
Including both factual and fictional books would have reduced the value of the study; it would have made the content too heterogeneous for the drawing of significant conclusions.
Occurring in fiction.
Tunnels often feature in fictional journeys, so I will end with quotations from a fairly recent novel, Howard Spring's "Fame is the Spur", published in 1940, in which there is a journey from Manchester to Bradford via the Calder Valley route: "Ay, we're going through Todmorden. We'll soon be in t' tunnel, and when we get to t' other end we'll be in Yorkshire," and "Ah think this is t' filthiest tunnel in t' world."
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — formed or conceived by the imagination
- fabricated
- fancied
- fictitious
Antonyms
- nonfictional
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Romeo and Juliet are fictional characters.
WiktionaryThe janitor's account of the crime turned out to be entirely fictional.
WiktionaryNineteen Eighty-Four was written in 1949. Its nightmarish fictional world is now 37 years in the past, so one might reasonably conclude that Orwell was far too pessimistic, but his great book was less
WiktionaryThat ugly butcher resembles that fictional monster.
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