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Synonyms & Antonyms of fanciful
1
conceived or made without regard for reason or reality
- she harbors the fanciful notion that she has a talent for singing
Synonyms for fanciful
- absurd,
- bizarre,
- crazy,
- fantastic
- (also fantastical),
- foolish,
- insane,
- nonsensical,
- preposterous,
- unreal,
- wild
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Phrases Synonymous with fanciful
- off the wall
- [slang]
Antonyms for fanciful
2
not real and existing only in the imagination
- the fanciful creatures that J.R.R. Tolkien created for his Middle Earth novels
Synonyms for fanciful
- chimerical
- (also chimeric),
- fabulous,
- fantasied,
- fantastic
- (also fantastical),
- fictional,
- fictitious,
- ideal,
- imaginal,
- imaginary,
- imagined,
- invented,
- made-up,
- make-believe,
- mythical
- (or mythic),
- notional,
- phantasmal,
- phantasmic,
- phantom,
- pretend,
- unreal,
- visionary
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The first known use of fanciful was circa 1627
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