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 return to a golden age of normalcy was one of the most powerful pandemic-era fantasies. — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026

Your routine could feel unbearably repetitive, sparking fantasies of abandoning the whole thing. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026

But his imagination is active and, soon, with Erika, the fantasies become real. — ABC News, 29 July 2026

Dee, who died ignominiously in three out of the guys’ four fantasies, disarmed the robber, then shot the guys herself before parlaying her stint in witness protection into a lucrative career as an actress. — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026

And, contrary to the fantasies of libertarians, no good road net has ever emerged from the spontaneous actions of individuals maximizing their own welfare and without collective action through government. — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 July 2026

Pie-in-the-sky fantasies rarely live up to the challenges of the day-to-day world. — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 25 July 2026

Conjuring fantasies is one of humanity’s most ancient arts — a sacred creative practice — but without earthly rooting, the symphony is incomplete. — Goth Shakira, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

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