fictional
gb/fˈɪkʃənəl/ us/fˈɪkʃənəl/
B1
อังกฤษ
~ 8500
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
adjective
B1
property
1
imaginary and not real
Not real; only in a book, film, game, or someone’s mind.
รูปแบบการใช้:
a fictional [character/place/story/world]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse "fictional" with "fake". "Fictional" is neutral and usually refers to invented people, places, or things in stories. "Fake" often sounds negative or dishonest. Also, learners may mix up "fictional" and "fictitious"; both mean "not real", but "fictitious" is more formal and often used for names, addresses, or claims in legal or official contexts.
คำพ้องความหมาย
imaginary (Very close in meaning; often used more for ideas or friends in a child’s mind, while "fictional" is strongly tied to stories.)
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invented (Focuses on being created by someone; does not always imply a story, while "fictional" usually does.)
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made-up (More informal; can sound slightly negative, while "fictional" is neutral and common in writing.)
คำตรงข้าม
real (Emphasizes actually existing in the world, not just in a story.)
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non-fictional (More technical; directly contrasts with things that belong to the realm of fiction.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
fictional character
|fictional world
|fictional city
|fictional story
|purely fictional
|entirely fictional
หัวข้อ
art
|media
|literature
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle.
- The film is set in a fictional city that looks a lot like New York.
- Children often mix up fictional heroes with real historical figures.
- The game takes place in a richly detailed fictional world.
- The author based the fictional family on people from her hometown.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- Harry Potter is a famous fictional boy.
- This movie shows a fictional country in space.
- She wrote a story about a fictional school.
- The map in the book shows a fictional island.
- That TV show is about a fictional doctor.
adjective
B2
property
2
relating to the genre of fiction
About stories that are not true, not about real facts or history.
รูปแบบการใช้:
fictional [literature/work/narrative/writing]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may think "fictional" always means simply "not true" and miss the idea of a category or genre. In this sense, "fictional" describes types of writing or art (like novels or films) that are created as stories, not reports of real events.
คำพ้องความหมาย
fictive (More formal and literary; used mainly in academic or critical writing about literature and art.)
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novelistic (Emphasizes qualities typical of novels, and is usually used in literary criticism rather than everyday speech.)
คำตรงข้าม
non-fictional (Directly contrasts with writing based on real facts, such as journalism, history, or biography.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
fictional literature
|fictional narrative
|fictional writing
|fictional works
|fictional genres
หัวข้อ
literature
|media
|arts_entertainment
|education
ตัวอย่าง
- The course compares fictional narratives with historical documents.
- Her research focuses on fictional representations of war in 20th-century novels.
- The museum includes both documentary films and fictional works inspired by real events.
- He prefers fictional writing to biographies and essays.
- The award is given for outstanding achievement in fictional literature.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- This class is about fictional writing, not news articles.
- We read both fictional and non-fictional books this year.
- She studied fictional stories about life in big cities.
- The festival shows fictional films and also some documentaries.
- I like fictional books more than travel books.
adjective
C1
property
3
fabricated or false, not factual
Not true and not based on real facts, even if it is told like a real story.
รูปแบบการใช้:
a fictional [account/version/story/explanation]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may use "fictional" when they mean "wrong" or "incorrect". "Fictional" suggests something is invented like a story, often in a detailed way, not just slightly mistaken.
คำพ้องความหมาย
fabricated (Stresses that something was deliberately invented, often to deceive, while "fictional" can be more neutral or literary.)
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false (General term meaning not true; lacks the specific link to story-like invention that "fictional" suggests.)
คำตรงข้าม
factual (Emphasizes being based on real, checkable facts, the opposite of an invented description.)
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accurate (Highlights being correct and matching reality, rather than invented or distorted.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
fictional account
|largely fictional
|almost entirely fictional
|wholly fictional
|a fictional version of events
หัวข้อ
truth
|media
|politics
|communication
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The report gave a largely fictional account of what happened that night.
- Investigators discovered that the CEO had provided fictional sales figures to investors.
- Historians criticized the film for its almost entirely fictional version of events.
- Most of the story is fictional, even though it uses real names and places.
- The article turned out to be based on fictional sources that did not exist.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The witness told a fictional story to the police.
- These numbers are fictional and do not match the real sales.
- The movie shows a fictional version of the true story.
- His report was fictional, not factual.
- They wrote a fictional account instead of the real history.
ไวยากรณ์
รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
fictional
IPA
GB/fˈɪkʃənəl/
US/fˈɪkʃənəl/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
fic - tion - al (3 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (fic)
รูปคำ
Adjective
- Base: fictional
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Core family
fiction
noun B1
Related words
fictitious
adjective
fictionalize
verb
Negative and opposite forms
nonfiction
noun B1
nonfictional
adjective
Advanced or less common
fictionally
adverb
fictionalization
noun
วลีและสำนวน
fictional account
1/fˈɪkʃənəl əkˈaʊnt/
fixed phrase
an invented description of events
A report or story about events that is made up and not based on real facts.
ตัวอย่าง
- The documentary shows that the book is a largely fictional account of the war.
- The journalist was fired for publishing a fictional account of the interview.
- Many legends are fictional accounts that people once believed were true.
fictional character
1/fˈɪkʃənəl kˈɛɹɪktɚ/
fixed phrase
an invented person in fiction
A person who is not real but appears in a book, film, game, or other story.
ตัวอย่าง
- Batman is a fictional character who first appeared in comic books.
- The series follows a group of fictional characters living in modern London.
- Teachers sometimes use fictional characters to help children talk about difficult feelings.
fictional universe
1/fˈɪkʃənəl jˈunəvˌɚs/
fixed phrase
a shared invented story cosmos
A big invented world where many connected stories, films, or games all take place.
ตัวอย่าง
- The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a fictional universe that includes dozens of superheroes.
- Writers must follow the rules of the fictional universe when they add new stories.
- The show is set in the same fictional universe as the original movie trilogy.
fictional world
1/fˈɪkʃənəl wˈɚld/
fixed phrase
an invented world for stories
A place or universe that is not real and exists only inside a story, game, film, or other art.
ตัวอย่าง
- The author created a complex fictional world with its own history and languages.
- Fans enjoy spending time in the fictional world of the video game.
- The movie takes viewers into a dark fictional world ruled by robots.