Synonyms of fancying

fancying

verb

present participle of fancy

1

as in imagining

to form a mental picture of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imagining
• seeing
• envisioning
• dreaming
• picturing
• conceiving
• fantasizing
• envisaging
• visualizing
• featuring
• contemplating
• fantasying
• planning
• conjuring (up)
• visioning
• conceiting
• imaging
• daydreaming
• ideating
• hallucinating
• pondering
• reflecting
• musing
• reliving
• ruminating
• foreseeing
• inventing
• reminiscing
• projecting
• concocting
• meditating
• stargazing
• re-creating
• manufacturing
• prefiguring
• making up
• fabricating

2

as in enjoying

to take pleasure in

the teacher didn't fancy the idea of failing the student, even if he was the class clown

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enjoying
• liking
• savoring
• loving
• relishing
• admiring
• taking to
• rejoicing (in)
• getting off (on)
• going for
• grooving (on)
• delighting (in)
• digging
• appreciating
• adoring
• reveling (in)
• revering
• getting a kick out of
• having a soft spot for
• valuing
• venerating
• preferring
• being partial to
• cherishing
• worshipping
• treasuring
• drinking (in)
• devouring
• idolizing
• eating (up)
• feasting (on)
• prizing
• doting (on)
• indulging (in)
• favoring
• wallowing (in)
• luxuriating (in)
• cottoning (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hating
• disliking
• detesting
• abhorring
• loathing
• despising
• condemning
• scorning
• abominating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fancying

At the lower end of the survey’s spectrum and considerably more balanced sits marijuana regulation, with only 31% of respondents considering the topic to be important for people to understand, and 23% of respondents fancying themselves as highly informed on the matter. —Drew Pittock, USA Today, 7 June 2026

And there was a smattering of other items, which the visitor, fancying himself an amateur academic archeologist, thought worth noting. —Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025