Synonyms of fantasies

fantasies 1 of 2

noun

variants also phantasies

plural of fantasy

1

as in dreams

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

a constant daydreamer who started to believe his own fantasies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dreams
• visions
• daydreams
• illusions
• delusions
• ideas
• unrealities
• nightmares
• hallucinations
• chimeras
• phantasms
• conceits
• castles in the air
• figments
• pipe dreams
• fancies
• mirages
• castles in Spain
• fictions
• nonentities
• concoctions
• utopias
• inventions
• fabrications
• visualizations
• brainchildren
• fables
• ignes fatui
• will-o'-the-wisps
• cloud-cuckoo-lands
• cloudlands
• Shangri-las
• daymares

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• facts
• realities
• actualities

2

as in fictions

something that is the product of the imagination

we were coming to the conclusion that the person Karen "saw" in the woods was another one of her fantasies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fictions
• tales
• stories
• inventions
• figments
• fables
• fabrications
• novels
• narratives
• anecdotes
• yarns
• lies
• fairy tales
• misrepresentations
• falsehoods
• untruths
• falsities
• prevarications
• mendacities
• make-believe
• fibs
• whoppers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• facts
• realities
• actualities
• materialities

fantasies

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of fantasy

as in imagines

to form a mental picture of

She regularly fantasies exciting adventures.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imagines
• dreams
• envisions
• visions
• pictures
• sees
• fancies
• fantasizes
• features
• images
• conceives
• conceits
• visualizes
• envisages
• daydreams
• conjures (up)
• plans
• contemplates
• ideates
• muses
• hallucinates
• reflects
• projects
• reminisces
• relives
• stargazes
• ruminates
• manufactures
• ponders
• invents
• concocts
• foresees
• meditates
• prefigures
• makes up
• re-creates
• fabricates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fantasies

Noun

The words cut sharply into the jumble of to-do lists, fantasies, snippets of possible writing, worry, and leftover traces of postpartum depression that constituted my mind in the early months of 1993. — Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026

Every week, the critics and editors at The New York Times Book Review pick the most interesting and notable new releases, from literary fiction and serious nonfiction to thrillers, romance novels, fantasies, mysteries and everything in between. — New York Times, 8 Oct. 2026

His search gradually shifts from extraterrestrial fantasies toward the invisible outsiders living among us on Earth. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

This season, which focuses on tracking down Hamas operatives to stop another catastrophic attack on Israel, speaks directly to a post-October 7 Israeli psyche that is consumed by revenge fantasies. — Hannah Seligson, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026

Over the course of three years, Kaczynski endured unrelenting ridicule of his intelligence, masculinity, and ideas, and along the way started journaling about revenge fantasies and dreams of escaping to nature. — Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026

The Nashville group Total Wife go off the deep end with mutant hyperpop fantasies on their delightful Come Back Down, while Phoenix’s Glixen get romantic on Quiet Pleasures. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026

Within the often zany and slapstick realm of Bob’s Burgers, Tina still manages to steal the show with her singular voice, romantic fantasies, and obsessions with unicorns and boy bums. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026

His final film was Edward Scissorhands, one of the most beloved Gothic romantic fantasies of modern day. — Anna Earl, Parents, 5 Sep. 2026