fictional
adj.adj. describing something that is not real or true. You use this for people, places, or stories that an author has invented.
adj. relating to or occurring in fiction; not real or factual. Often used to distinguish between historical accounts and invented narratives.
The story takes place in a fictional city in Europe.
The author created a fictional detective who solves crimes using only his sense of smell.
While the setting is entirely fictional, the social tensions depicted in the novel are clearly inspired by the author's own experiences in post-war London.
From fiction + -al.
Typically used as an attributive adjective before the noun it modifies.
a fictitious charactera fictional characterWhile similar, 'fictional' refers to things in literature, whereas 'fictitious' often implies a deceptive or fake identity used in real life.