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fancy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of fancy

1 made or done with great care or with much detail

weʼre having a little get-together after the concert—nothing fancy

Synonyms of fancy

complex, complicated, detailed, elaborate, intricate, involved, sophisticated

Words Related to fancy

elegant, exquisite, grand, magnificent, ornate, splendid

chichi, extravagant, exuberant, fancified, flamboyant, frilly, gimmicked (up), grandiose, ostentatious, overwrought, showy, souped-up

Byzantine, convoluted, involute, involuted, labyrinthian, labyrinthine

Near Antonyms of fancy

modest, plain, plain-Jane, plain-vanilla, uncomplicated

bald, bare, naked, unadorned, undecorated, unvarnished

Antonyms of fancy

no-frills, simple, unfancy, unsophisticated

2 going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount

decided they would rather go without dinner than pay the hotel restaurant's fancy prices

Synonyms of fancy

baroque, devilish, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate, insane, intolerable, lavish, overdue, overextravagant, overmuch, overweening, plethoric, steep, stiff, towering, unconscionable, undue, unmerciful

Words Related to fancy

boundless, endless, immeasurable, infinite, limitless

unbearable, unjustifiable, unwarranted

improper, inappropriate, thick, unseemly

Phrases Synonymous with fancy

a bit much, over the top

Near Antonyms of fancy

deficient, inadequate, insufficient

minimal, minimum

Antonyms of fancy

middling, moderate, modest, reasonable, temperate

fancy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of fancy

1 a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality

a writer with a prodigious talent for creating fancies that captivate readers young and old

Synonyms of fancy

chimera, conceit, daydream, delusion, dream, fantasy (also phantasy), figment, hallucination, illusion, nonentity, phantasm (also fantasm), pipe dream, unreality, vision

Words Related to fancy

ignis fatuus, mirage, will-o'-the-wisp

brainchild, idea

concoction, fable, fabrication, fiction, invention

envisaging, imaging, visualization

cloud-cuckoo-land, cloudland, Shangri-la, utopia

daymare, nightmare

Phrases Synonymous with fancy

castle in Spain, castle in the air

Near Antonyms of fancy

actuality, fact, reality

2 a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action

is this a serious interest in music, or just your latest fancy that will be forgotten after a week?

Synonyms of fancy

bee, caprice, crank, freak, humor, kink, maggot, megrim, notion, vagary, vagrancy, whim, whimsy (also whimsey)

Words Related to fancy

capriciousness, fancifulness, fantasy (also phantasy), freakishness, impetuosity, whimsicality

concept, conception, image, impression, mind's eye, picture, thought

brainstorm, inspiration

Phrases Synonymous with fancy

bee in one's bonnet

3 positive regard for something

now that heʼs rich heʼs taken a fancy to expensive sports cars

Synonyms of fancy

appetite, favor, fondness, like, liking, love, love affair, partiality, preference, relish, shine, taste, use

Words Related to fancy

craving, desire, hankering, longing, thirst, yen

enthusiasm, gusto, interest, passion

bias, prejudice

bent, inclination, leaning, propensity, tendency

Near Antonyms of fancy

apathy, disinclination

indifference, unconcern

Antonyms of fancy

aversion, disfavor, disgust, dislike, distaste, hatred, loathing, mislike

4 the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others

to fans of Lewis Carroll, the animal creations of his fertile fancy are as real as any creature to be found at the zoo

Synonyms of fancy

contrivance, creativity, fantasy (also phantasy), ideation, imagination, imaginativeness, invention, inventiveness, originality

Words Related to fancy

brainstorm, brainstorming, inspiration

fecundity, fertility

ingenuity, resourcefulness

chimera, daydream, delusion, dream, figment, hallucination, illusion, mind's eye, mirage, phantasm (also fantasm), pipe dream

envisaging, visualization

Near Antonyms of fancy

literality, literalness

fancy

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of fancy

1 to form a mental picture of

try to fancy, if you can, our mother on an elephant when she was touring India

Synonyms of fancy

conceit [chiefly dialect], conceive, conjure (up), dream, envisage, envision, fantasize, fantasy, feature, ideate, image, imagine, picture, see, vision, visualize

Words Related to fancy

daydream, stargaze

re-create, reflect, relive, reminisce

contemplate, meditate, muse, ponder, ruminate

concoct, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture, plan, project

foresee, prefigure

2 to take pleasure in

the teacher didnʼt fancy the idea of failing the student, even if he was the class clown

Synonyms of fancy

adore, delight (in), dig, enjoy, get off (on), groove (on), like, love, rejoice (in), relish, revel (in), savor (also savour)

Words Related to fancy

admire, appreciate, cherish, revere, venerate, worship

prize, treasure, value

devour, drink (in), eat (up), feast (on)

dote (on), idolize

cotton (to), favor, prefer

indulge (in), luxuriate (in), wallow (in)

Phrases Synonymous with fancy

be partial to, get a kick out of (or charge), go for, have a soft spot for, take to

Near Antonyms of fancy

abhor, abominate, detest, dislike, hate, loathe

condemn, despise, scorn

Synonym Discussion of fancy

think, conceive, imagine, fancy, realize, envisage, envision mean to form an idea of. think implies the entrance of an idea into one's mind with or without deliberate consideration or reflection.

- I just thought of a good joke

conceive suggests the forming and bringing forth and usually developing of an idea, plan, or design.

- conceived of a new marketing approach

imagine stresses a visualization.

- imagine you're at the beach

fancy suggests an imagining often unrestrained by reality but spurred by desires.

- fancied himself a super athlete

realize stresses a grasping of the significance of what is conceived or imagined.

- realized the enormity of the task ahead

envisage and envision imply a conceiving or imagining that is especially clear or detailed.

- envisaged a totally computerized operation
- envisioned a cure for the disease

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