fic·ti·tious / fikˈtishəs/ • adj. not real or true, being imaginary or having been fabricated: she pleaded guilty to having a fictitious employee on her payroll. ∎  of, relating to, or denoting the imaginary characters and events found in fiction: the people in this novel are fictitious; the background of public events is not.DERIVATIVES: fic·ti·tious·ly adv.fic·ti·tious·ness n.

FICTITIOUS

Based upon a fabrication or pretense.

A fictitious name is an assumed name that differs from an individual's actual name. A fictitious action is a lawsuit brought not for the adjudication of an actual controversy between the parties but merely for the purpose of obtaining the opinion of the court on a particular point of law.