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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• facts
• realities
• actualities

2

as in inventions

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

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

These are not fantasies drummed up by the Left despite claims from Paxton and his most ardent supporters. —Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025

The answer isn’t to toggle back and forth between going all out and retreating into pastoral fantasies, but to recognize that for everything, there is a season. —Dave Smith, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025

In these fantasies, the author introduces a speculative element that allows for the impossible. —Nathaniel Moore september 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025

Season 2 once again explores the consequences of turning fantasies into reality in suburban Britain. —Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025

From cozy, whimsical fantasies to historical fiction and horror, this guide to August’s brightest new releases has something for everyone. —Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025

These butterflies utilize cole crop foliage for laying eggs, out of which hatch voracious larvae that decimate the foliage and put an end to your fantasies about a hefty cole crop harvest. —Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025

Some skeptics might argue that coral factories are only slightly more realistic than Baker’s childhood fantasies of becoming a dinosaur. —Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025

Earlier this year, even while indulging in fantasies about mass violence, Westman described deciding not to carry out an attack to spare family members the pain. —Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025