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fantasy

FAN-tuh-see/ˈfæntəsi/

Verbfantasies, fantasying, fantasied

8 meanings of fantasy

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  1. 1
    noununcountable
    Things that you imagine, not things that are real.

    Like a dream that you have while you are awake.

    His story about meeting aliens was pure fantasy.

    She lives in a world of fantasy, far from her real problems.

    Similarimagination, invention, make-believe, fiction, illusion

    Oppositereality, fact, truth

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  2. 2
    noununcountable
    A kind of story with magic, made-up worlds, and strange creatures.

    She reads fantasy every night before bed.

    The new movie mixes fantasy with real history.

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  3. 3
    verbtransitive
    To make a picture of something in your mind.

    She would fantasy whole kingdoms while staring out the window.

    He liked to fantasy a happier ending for the sad movie.

    Similarimagine, conceive, envision, envisage, picture

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  4. 4
    verbintransitive
    To use your imagination and dream while you are awake.

    On rainy days the children sit by the window and fantasy.

    She likes to fantasy about life on a faraway island.

    Similardaydream, dream, muse, imagine

  5. 5
    noununcountable
    A design full of strange shapes that come from the imagination.

    The artist covered the wall with pure fantasy, full of strange flowers and impossible animals.

    Her dress was decorated in fantasy, with shapes no one had ever seen in nature.

    Similarwhimsy, invention, fancy

    Oppositerealism

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  6. 6
    verbliterarytransitive
    To imagine and enjoy thoughts of something that you want.

    She would fantasy a new life in a big city far away.

    He fantasied a big win that would fix all his problems.

    Similarimagine, picture, envision

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  7. 7
    nounslanguncountable
    A street name for GHB, a dangerous drug that makes people very sleepy.

    The police found bottles of fantasy in the car.

    He got very sick after taking fantasy at a party.

    SimilarGHB

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  1. 8
    verbobsoleteintransitive
    To like something or to be pleased with it.
    Which he doth most fantasy.
    1551, Thomas More, A FrutefulHere, fantasy means to like something or be pleased with it.
    The kyng fantasied so much his daughter Anne that almost everything began to grow out of frame and good order
    1641, George Cavendish, Thomas WolseyHere, fantasied means liked or was very fond of.
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Origin

It came through Middle English and Old French from Latin "phantasia" and Greek "phantasia," meaning imagination or an apparition, from a root meaning "to make visible" or "to shine."