fantasy

verb

fantasied; fantasying; fantasies

transitive + intransitive

: fantasize

fantasies her ideal future

Anyone who has bought a Lotto ticket has probably fantasied about all the amazing places they will go as soon as their numbers come tumbling out of the barrel.

—Conor Pope

While growing up, most Disney fans have fantasied about being their favorite princess, prince or Disney character …

—Carolina Brigagao

Synonyms of fantasy

• imagine
• envision
• dream
• see
• picture
• vision
• fantasize

Examples of fantasy in a Sentence

She regularly fantasied the moment of celebration after winning the gold medal.

Word History

Etymology

Middle English fantasien, fantesien, fancyen "to plan, devise, create, form (an idea), imagine (something false), desire" — more at fancy entry 1

Note: The word was originally a variant of fancy entry 1, which, together with the more recent derivative fantasize, has in large part supplanted it.

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing fantasy

• fantasy football/baseball/basketball
• fantasy league
• fantasy sports
• fantasy team
• flight of fancy/imagination/fantasy
• live in a fantasy world

Rhymes for fantasy

• phantasy

Kids Definition

fantasy

noun

fan·​ta·​sy

variants also phantasy

ˈfant-ə-sē, 

-ə-zē

plural fantasies

1

: imagination sense 3, fancy

2

: something imagined: as

a

: illusion sense 2

b

: fantasia

c

: a work of literature set in an unreal world often with superhuman characters and monsters

Medical Definition

fantasy

1 of 2 noun

fan·​ta·​sy

variants also phantasy

ˈfant-ə-sē  -zē 

plural fantasies

: the power or process of creating especially unrealistic or improbable mental images in response to psychological need

an object of fantasy

also : a mental image or a series of mental images (as a daydream) so created

sexual fantasies of adolescence

fantasy

2 of 2 verb

variants also phantasy

fantasied; fantasying

: fantasize