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

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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

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fantasies

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verb

present tense third-person singular of fantasy
as in imagines
to form a mental picture of She regularly fantasies exciting adventures.

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fantasies
  1. dreams
  2. fictions
  3. imagines
  4. visions
  5. tales
  6. envisions
  7. daydreams
  8. stories
Noun
  • Young Wifredo loved drawing images from his dreams and was later sent to art school to study the work of the European masters.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Her fever dreams were of floating untethered in an infinite black space, of being trapped in a blinding spotlight on an empty stage, not knowing how or where to move.
    — Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of dreams
Noun
  • Invasion fictions tended to spring up in response to each new form of invasion panic.
    — Ivan Kreilkamp, JSTOR Daily, 10 June 2026
  • The program also happens to be in line with one of the president’s convenient rhetorical fictions.
    — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
Definition of fictions
Verb
  • Gulzar imagines Toba Tek Singh still standing on his swollen feet at the Wagah-Attari border.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • Much of the public conversation about wildfire still imagines forests as oversized campfires.
    — Phil De Luna, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of imagines
Noun
  • Tens of millions of dollars have poured into Florida campaigns from companies with visions of transforming vast stretches of land in the state’s rural pockets into warehouses.
    — South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The winner will immediately face the task of bringing together supporters of two candidates who have offered different visions for the party and whose campaigns have grown increasingly contentious in the closing weeks.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of visions
Noun
  • The writers of these biblical tales weren’t plagiarizing Homer, MacDonald says.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Some sixteen years later, pop Bildung abounds, thanks largely to online fan communities who can weave the most obscure ephemera into epic tales of redemption.
    — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of tales
Verb
  • The agreement envisions international forces, a technocratic Palestinian committee and years of decommissioning Hamas arsenals and tunnels, while Gaza’s shattered infrastructure and staggering civilian toll underscore the scale of rebuilding ahead.
    — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
  • Advertisement Max staggers and envisions his dead wife and imagined son again before pulling himself back to his closing argument.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026
Definition of envisions
Noun
  • And amidst the momentum of reverie, there’s the line ‘Blink at the light and hope to survive,’ because daydreams in a fascist state can be scary too.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 June 2026
  • One-touch passing, feinting and ripping hard shots into a tattered net, each is super-charged by vivid daydreams of glory on the international stage.
    — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2026
Definition of daydreams
Noun
  • This move reflects a broader industry trend of re-evaluating AI integration, emphasizing that while AI creates abundance, unique human contributions like personal stories and opinions are increasingly valuable.
    — William Arruda, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • But then in the editing room, the two stories didn’t fit together.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of stories

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