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fancy
Synonyms and Antonyms of fancy
- We're having a little get-together after the concert—nothing fancy.
- I would rather go without than pay the hotel bar's fancy prices.
a bit much, over the top
fancy
Synonyms and Antonyms of fancy
- a writer with a prodigious talent for creating fancies that captivate readers young and old
castle in Spain, castle in the air
- Is this a serious interest in music, or just your latest fancy that will be forgotten after a week?
bee in one's bonnet
- Now that he's rich he's taken a fancy to expensive sports cars.
appetite, favor, fondness, like, liking, love, love affair, partiality, preference, relish, shine, taste, use
- To fans of Lewis Carroll, the animal creations of his fertile fancy are as real as any creature to be found at the zoo.
fancy
Synonyms and Antonyms of fancy
- Try to fancy, if you can, our mother on an elephant when she was touring India.
- The teacher didn't fancy the idea of failing the student, even if he was the class clown.
adore, delight (in), dig, enjoy, get off (on), groove (on), like, love, rejoice (in), relish, revel (in), savor (also savour)
be partial to, get a kick out of (or charge), go for, have a soft spot for, take to
Synonym Discussion of fancy
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- I just thought of a good joke
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- conceived of a new marketing approach
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- imagine you're at the beach
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- fancied himself a super athlete
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- realized the enormity of the task ahead
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- envisaged a totally computerized operation
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- envisioned a cure for the disease
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