FANCY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • fancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than imagination
   Hypernyms(s) fancy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • imagination (what does imagination mean?)
   • imaginativeness (what does imaginativeness mean?)
   • vision (what does vision mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • visualize (what does visualize mean?)
   • visualise (what does visualise mean?)
   • envision (what does envision mean?)
   • project (what does project mean?)
   • fancy (what does fancy mean?)
   • see (what does see mean?)
   • figure (what does figure mean?)
   • picture (what does picture mean?)
   • image (what does image mean?)
2. Meaning
   • something many people believe that is false
   Synonym(s)
   • fantasy (what does fantasy mean?)
   • illusion (what does illusion mean?)
   • phantasy (what does phantasy mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
   Hypernyms(s) fancy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • misconception (what does misconception mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • bubble (what does bubble mean?)
   • will-o’-the-wisp (what does will-o’-the-wisp mean?)
   • ignis fatuus (what does ignis fatuus mean?)
   • wishful thinking (what does wishful thinking mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • visualize (what does visualize mean?)
   • visualise (what does visualise mean?)
   • envision (what does envision mean?)
   • project (what does project mean?)
   • fancy (what does fancy mean?)
   • see (what does see mean?)
   • figure (what does figure mean?)
   • picture (what does picture mean?)
   • image (what does image mean?)
   • fantasize (what does fantasize mean?)
   • fantasise (what does fantasise mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a predisposition to like something
   Synonym(s)
   • fondness (what does fondness mean?)
   • partiality (what does partiality mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he had a fondness for whiskey
   Hypernyms(s) fancy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • liking (what does liking mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • fancy (what does fancy mean?)
   • go for (what does go for mean?)
   • take to (what does take to mean?)

FANCY as VERB

1. Meaning
   • imagine
   • conceive of
   • see in one’’s mind
   Synonym(s)
   • envision (what does envision mean?)
   • figure (what does figure mean?)
   • image (what does image mean?)
   • picture (what does picture mean?)
   • project (what does project mean?)
   • see (what does see mean?)
   • visualise (what does visualise mean?)
   • visualize (what does visualize mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • I can”t see him on horseback!
   • I can see what will happen
   • I can see a risk in this strategy
   Hypernyms(s) fancy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • imagine (what does imagine mean?)
   • conceive of (what does conceive of mean?)
   • ideate (what does ideate mean?)
   • envisage (what does envisage mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • image (what does image mean?)
   • mental image (what does mental image mean?)
   • effigy (what does effigy mean?)
   • image (what does image mean?)
   • simulacrum (what does simulacrum mean?)
   • picture (what does picture mean?)
   • image (what does image mean?)
   • icon (what does icon mean?)
   • ikon (what does ikon mean?)
   • imagination (what does imagination mean?)
   • imaging (what does imaging mean?)
   • imagery (what does imagery mean?)
   • mental imagery (what does mental imagery mean?)
   • imagination (what does imagination mean?)
   • imaging (what does imaging mean?)
   • imagery (what does imagery mean?)
   • mental imagery (what does mental imagery mean?)
   • mental picture (what does mental picture mean?)
   • picture (what does picture mean?)
   • impression (what does impression mean?)
   • picturing (what does picturing mean?)
   • envisioning (what does envisioning mean?)
   • figuration (what does figuration mean?)
   • visionary (what does visionary mean?)
   • illusionist (what does illusionist mean?)
   • seer (what does seer mean?)
   • illusion (what does illusion mean?)
   • fantasy (what does fantasy mean?)
   • phantasy (what does phantasy mean?)
   • fancy (what does fancy mean?)
   • fancy (what does fancy mean?)
   • picturing (what does picturing mean?)
   • envisioning (what does envisioning mean?)
   • visual image (what does visual image mean?)
   • visualization (what does visualization mean?)
   • visualisation (what does visualisation mean?)
   • visualizer (what does visualizer mean?)
   • visualiser (what does visualiser mean?)
2. Meaning
   • have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
   Synonym(s)
   • go for (what does go for mean?)
   • take to (what does take to mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler’’s window
   Hypernyms(s) fancy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • desire (what does desire mean?)
   • want (what does want mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • fondness (what does fondness mean?)
   • fancy (what does fancy mean?)
   • partiality (what does partiality mean?)
   • fancier (what does fancier mean?)
   • enthusiast (what does enthusiast mean?)
   Entail(s)
   • like (what does like mean?)

FANCY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • not plain
   • decorative or ornamented
   Usage Example(s)
   • fancy handwriting
   • fancy clothes
   Antonym(s)
   • plain (what does plain mean?)
   Similar To
   • aureate (what does aureate mean?)
   • florid (what does florid mean?)
   • flamboyant (what does flamboyant mean?)
   • showy (what does showy mean?)
   • baroque (what does baroque mean?)
   • churrigueresque (what does churrigueresque mean?)
   • churrigueresco (what does churrigueresco mean?)
   • busy (what does busy mean?)
   • fussy (what does fussy mean?)
   • battlemented (what does battlemented mean?)
   • castellated (what does castellated mean?)
   • castled (what does castled mean?)
   • crenelated (what does crenelated mean?)
   • crenellated (what does crenellated mean?)
   • dressy (what does dressy mean?)
   • crackle (what does crackle mean?)
   • damascene (what does damascene mean?)
   • damask (what does damask mean?)
   • elaborate (what does elaborate mean?)
   • luxuriant (what does luxuriant mean?)
   • embattled (what does embattled mean?)
   • crenelated (what does crenelated mean?)
   • crenelate (what does crenelate mean?)
   • crenellated (what does crenellated mean?)
   • crenellate (what does crenellate mean?)
   • indented (what does indented mean?)
   • fanciful (what does fanciful mean?)
   • garnished (what does garnished mean?)
   • lacy (what does lacy mean?)
   • lacelike (what does lacelike mean?)
   • rich (what does rich mean?)
   • rococo (what does rococo mean?)
   • vermicular (what does vermicular mean?)
   • vermiculate (what does vermiculate mean?)
   • vermiculated (what does vermiculated mean?)
   • puff (what does puff mean?)
   • puffed (what does puffed mean?)
   See Also
   • adorned (what does adorned mean?)
   • decorated (what does decorated mean?)
   • rhetorical (what does rhetorical mean?)