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adjective fan·ta·sied \ˈfan-tə-sēd, -zēd\

Definition of fantasied

  1. 1 :  existing only in the imagination :  fancied

  2. 2 obsolete :  full of fancies or strange whims

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  1. most of those auditioning had only a fantasied talent for singing

First Known Use of fantasied

1561

fantasied Synonyms

Synonyms
chimerical (also chimeric), fabulous, fanciful, imaginary, fantastic (also fantastical), fictional, fictitious, ideal, imaginal, imagined, invented, made-up, make-believe, mythical (or mythic), notional, phantasmal, phantasmic, phantom, pretend, unreal, visonary
Antonyms
actual, existent, existing, real
Related Words
fabled, legendary, romantic; abstract, hypothetical, theoretical (also theoretic); unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely; conceived, envisaged, envisioned, pictured, visualized; daydreamlike, deceptive, delusional, delusive, hallucinatory, illusory, phantasmagoric (or phantasmagorical); concocted, fabricated, feigned, fictive; inexistent, nonexistent
Near Antonyms
authentic, genuine, true; factual, verifiable, verified; believable, convincing, realistic; corporeal, material, physical, solid, substantial; palpable, tangible

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