fantasy

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) That which comes from one's imagination.
2. (countable, uncountable) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
3. (countable, uncountable) A fantastical design.
4. (countable, slang, uncountable) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

Verb

1. (transitive) To conceive (something) mentally; to imagine.
2. (literary, transitive) To fantasize about something).
3. (intransitive) To conceive mentally; to imagine.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like.

Synonyms

imagination

fancy

phantasy

illusion

daydream

fantasia

fiction

fantasize

dream

😴💭

delusion

fantasise

visions

whim

invention

phantasm

make-believe

vision

creativity

hallucination

pipe dream

dreams

mind’s eye

reverie

fantastic

absent-mindedness

autistic thinking

bubble

caprice

chimera

conceit

conjecture

dream up

escapism

fantasies

ideation

imagery

imaginary

imaginativeness

impromptu

mirage

phantom

reflection

resourcefulness

thought

💭

unreal

visualization

whimsy

woolgathering

God-induced dream

Translations

fantaisie

fantasia

fantasía

fantasia

fantasia

fantasie

Phantasie

Fantasie

φαντασία

fantasme

Fantasy

verbeeldingskracht

fantasy

imagination

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfæntəsi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fantasie

Inherited from Middle English: fantasien

In summary

Noun inherited from Middle English fantasie, from Old French fantasie (“fantasy”), from Latin phantasia (“imagination”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía, “apparition”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to render visible”), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to make visible”); from the same root as φάος (pháos, “light”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti, from the root *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Doublet of fancy, fantasia, phantasia, and phantasy.
Verb from Middle English fantasien, from Old French fantasier. Doublet of fancy.

Sentences

I had a fantasy that someday I'd see my name on a book .