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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
Anne Bryson, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
If justice means anything any more, a federal judge will easily swipe through Hegseth’s nebulous legal fantasies, and preserve the possibility that someday, the Endangered Species Act might actually help save endangered species in the Gulf.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
The manic pixie American dream girl of this nation's deepest, darkest fantasies.
—Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
Just ask Pete Hegseth, whose Thor fantasies are currently playing out in an all-to-real war.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Attempts to resolve ecological responsibility through strict localism often risk sliding into cultural provincialism or nationalist enclosure—fantasies of purity that ignore how deeply entangled our lives already are.
—Manuela Moscoso, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
Somehow, reality was even better than our fantasies.
—Lara Kramer, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2026
The film also stars Mason Gooding, Chase Sui Wonders, Johnny Knoxville, Margaret Cho, Roxane Mesquida, Daveed Diggs and Charli xcx – a stretch playing the uptight girlfriend of the twentysomething whose fantasies are brought to life by his boss.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
The narrator is repeatedly drawn into fantasies that almost have real consequences.
—Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
The president is tweeting about his genocidal fantasies in Iran.
—Anne Bryson, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
If justice means anything any more, a federal judge will easily swipe through Hegseth’s nebulous legal fantasies, and preserve the possibility that someday, the Endangered Species Act might actually help save endangered species in the Gulf.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
The manic pixie American dream girl of this nation's deepest, darkest fantasies.
—Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
Just ask Pete Hegseth, whose Thor fantasies are currently playing out in an all-to-real war.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Attempts to resolve ecological responsibility through strict localism often risk sliding into cultural provincialism or nationalist enclosure—fantasies of purity that ignore how deeply entangled our lives already are.
—Manuela Moscoso, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
Somehow, reality was even better than our fantasies.
—Lara Kramer, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2026
The film also stars Mason Gooding, Chase Sui Wonders, Johnny Knoxville, Margaret Cho, Roxane Mesquida, Daveed Diggs and Charli xcx – a stretch playing the uptight girlfriend of the twentysomething whose fantasies are brought to life by his boss.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
The narrator is repeatedly drawn into fantasies that almost have real consequences.
—Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fantasies
Noun
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The dreams that Rice and Jaquez had about bringing an NCAA championship to a program that hadn’t won one required the right pieces, and Betts was the missing ingredient.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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General Daily Insight for April 06, 2026 Last night’s dreams may greatly affect the day ahead.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Apr. 2026
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The fictions of both films are factually contextualized from the start.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Corporations are legal fictions — a game of pretend in which fictional entities are created, registering with the state.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Aquarius Neptune in Aquarius imagines the future.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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Weed imagines the home’s spirit as a 19th-century woman in a long dress—and not a particularly happy one.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
2 Apr. 2026
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Honesty makes big visions real and doable.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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With Iran qualifying for the World Cup, Arad Ershad had visions of splurging on flights and tickets to attend one of the team’s upcoming first-round matches in Los Angeles.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Damann takes guests to the visitor center which has its own fish tales to tell.—
John Lauritsen,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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His plays — rife with explorations of deep humanity and emotion — provide not just a framework for hanging many different worlds upon his words, but also the kind of complex characters and twisted tales that actors and filmmakers crave, whether tragedy, romance or comedy.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, the filmmaker and Film Heritage Foundation head and Mumbai Film Festival director who is the creative force behind MAMI Independent, envisions the initiative as the first link in a distribution chain that could ultimately empower filmmakers themselves.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2026
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Mendoza envisions Mauricio providing infield depth as Polanco and Baty (jammed thumb) deal with ailments.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The family car is a Mazda, but Zac daydreams of a Bugatti Veyron.—
Frank Langfitt,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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More than masturbatory daydreams, Vladimir inspires our heroine to write with abandon, ignoring professional and personal obligations in service to her muse.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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Inside the media center, rows of workstations equipped with laptops and charging points allow reporters to file stories.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Filmmakers have used the Civil War as a setting for many decades now, inspiring stories of epic military battles, romantic melodramas, and even satires, from sweeping Best Picture winners like Gone With the Wind (1939) to revisionist Westerns like Django Unchained (2012).—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Fantasies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fantasies. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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