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

As a young adult, Paul worked at a lumber yard and had fantasies of working a straight job as an accountant. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 20 July 2026

The President’s fantasies can, at times, take on a lurid tone. — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 18 July 2026

Marina, however, is not looking to the west; her dream is to go further east on a trip fueled by fantasies that her real father was a Russian soldier, if her mother’s secret cache of love letters are anything to go by. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 July 2026

Indeed, Brocka insists on escapist fantasies in a world that otherwise offers no escape, which, in my view, is more hopeful than bleak — and, in turn, allows this kind of gritty sensuality to persist in his ever-enduring, luminous cinema. — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 10 July 2026

For this dourest of doubters, Musk’s claims for the feats ahead can only happen in the SpaceX founder’s head, or in the sci-fi fantasies Eisman grew up on. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 June 2026

Iraq was losing the war that would create the state of Israel, a humiliation that challenged fantasies of Arab unity and conquest. — Adam Louis-Klein, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026

Chronic depression escalated into near-constant fantasies of suicide. — Brad Ryan, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026

World Cup fantasies override my everyday duties. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026