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also phantasies
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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
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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
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as in imagines
to form a mental picture of
She regularly fantasies exciting adventures.
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Recent Examples of fantasies
Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
Now, with its fantasies of mass deportation, the British National Party was tapping into a four-hundred-year-old darkness.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
The production duo’s busy, silly, next-gen footwork hashes underground rap microgenres and recognizable samples into dreamy collagist fantasies.
—Rae-Aila Crumble, Pitchfork, 26 Jan. 2026
The challenge is not projecting fantasies onto people who have not shown up consistently.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 25 Jan. 2026
The chance to get the scoop on the scandal straight from the mouth of the man who made it, as well as his living-the-dream experience of working alongside his hero, is enough to make this required viewing for anyone interested in hip-hop legacies and fanboy fantasies made manifest.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026
A certain subset, though, want Agartha to be more than a myth, as Himmler did, and for the United States to be the white ethno-state of their fantasies.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
Some friends might spin fantasies, some might hunker down with nature’s wisdom.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
Although the film became a template for white revenge fantasies, its street thugs are assembled with almost comic care to avoid racial bias.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
Mauritanian survivor Koumba Diabaté enacts a beat-for-beat recreation of his Casino Royale fantasies in the Imperial Sky Villa of the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino.
—Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
Now, with its fantasies of mass deportation, the British National Party was tapping into a four-hundred-year-old darkness.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
The production duo’s busy, silly, next-gen footwork hashes underground rap microgenres and recognizable samples into dreamy collagist fantasies.
—Rae-Aila Crumble, Pitchfork, 26 Jan. 2026
The challenge is not projecting fantasies onto people who have not shown up consistently.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 25 Jan. 2026
The chance to get the scoop on the scandal straight from the mouth of the man who made it, as well as his living-the-dream experience of working alongside his hero, is enough to make this required viewing for anyone interested in hip-hop legacies and fanboy fantasies made manifest.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026
A certain subset, though, want Agartha to be more than a myth, as Himmler did, and for the United States to be the white ethno-state of their fantasies.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
Some friends might spin fantasies, some might hunker down with nature’s wisdom.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
Although the film became a template for white revenge fantasies, its street thugs are assembled with almost comic care to avoid racial bias.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fantasies
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Harriette Cole is a lifestylist and founder of DREAMLEAPERS, an initiative to help people access and activate their dreams.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Virgo August 23 – September 22 When dreams collide with walls, craft a clear plan.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2026
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But these have always been legal fictions.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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The vast encyclopedic architecture of Gravity’s Rainbow (1973) or Mason & Dixon (1997) gives way here to a series of detective fictions each set in a distinct historical moment, each featuring a reluctant investigator sifting through the wreckage of cultural paranoia.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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The historical fiction imagines the Mexican and American armies fighting for control of the West — part myth, fact and fiction spanning the past and present.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Somalia did not always know extremist violence in the way the world imagines today.—
Abdi Nor Iftin,
Time,
27 Jan. 2026
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Big claims without specifics, such as bold visions with no concrete examples.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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And even the ethical people have differing perspectives—hard-core utilitarians focus on suffering—and then there are people like me who have more ambitious visions.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2026
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These are human stories first and foremost, tales of tragedy, struggle over adversity, and bittersweet romance.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
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His whimsical and precisely-staged tales play on the artifice of cinema as much as on the heightened emotions of their characters.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Fidelity’s O’Reilly, meanwhile, also indicated that the company envisions a role for stablecoins in its trading and retail brokerage operations.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
28 Jan. 2026
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Its home will be the Ten Hotel Gurnee, where Arden envisions regular performances of a variety of orchestra music, from pops to classical, played with dinner accompaniment.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Bob Weir, the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and co-founder of the Grateful Dead, whose songs about sunshine daydreams and truckin’ helped turn the jam band into a 60-year musical empire, has died at age 78.—
Richard Gehr,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2026
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Alas, my daydreams about adapting an essay from my collection into a limited series TV show turned out to be just that.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
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Michael Venos, a 46-year-old database administrator from Roxbury, New Jersey, has been collecting stories of Groundhog Day events and their weather predictions for about a decade.—
Mark Scolforo,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Her goal is to improve the health of our community through easy-to-understand facts and real people's stories.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Fantasies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fantasies. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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