fantasy

Study(17)

UK /ˈfæntəsi/ US [ˈfæ̃ɾ̃əsi]

noun 4verb 4

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

pure, sheer

That story about winning the lottery was sheer fantasy, and nobody believed it for a second.

wild

His wild fantasy about winning the lottery kept him from focusing on his actual job.

personal, private | childhood, childish | erotic, romantic, sexual | male

VERB + FANTASY

enjoy, have, indulge in

build, weave

He spent his teenage years building elaborate fantasies about becoming a famous musician.

cherish, nourish

She nourished a fantasy about winning the lottery and never having to work again.

act out

Many people enjoy acting out their fantasies through role-playing games.

fulfil, live (out), play out, satisfy

She spent years trying to live out her fantasy of owning a small bookshop in the countryside.

FANTASY + NOUN

life, world

She escaped into her fantasy life whenever real problems became too stressful.

PREP

~ about

He often daydreams about being a famous rock star, though it's just a fantasy about performing on big stages.

PHRASES

the realms of fantasy

Dragons and magic exist only in the realms of fantasy for most children.

a world of fantasy

When he opened the magical book, he stepped into a world of fantasy filled with dragons and enchanted forests.

Definitions

noun

That which comes from one's imagination.

Is not this something more than fantasy?

A thousand fantasies / Begin to throng into my memory.

The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.

A fantastical design.

Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread.

The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

verb

To conceive (something) mentally; to imagine.

To fantasize about something).

Perhaps I would be able to help him recapture the well-being and emotional closeness he fantasied his brother had experienced with his parents prior to his birth.

To conceive mentally; to imagine.

Firſt I phantaſied that if I liſt to take vpon me the crowne and imperiall Scepter of the realme, now was the time propice and conuenient.

To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like.

Which he doth most fantasy.

The kyng fantasied so much his daughter Anne that almost everything began to grow out of frame and good order

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — imagination unrestricted by reality

phantasy

noun — something many people believe that is false

noun — fiction with a large amount of imagination in it

phantasy

verb — indulge in fantasies

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Is not this something more than fantasy?

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A thousand fantasies / Begin to throng into my memory.

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The whole position was so tremendous and so absolutely unearthly, that I believe it actually lulled our sense of terror, but to this hour I often see it in my dreams, and at its mere phantasy wake up

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Perhaps I would be able to help him recapture the well-being and emotional closeness he fantasied his brother had experienced with his parents prior to his birth.

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Firſt I phantaſied that if I liſt to take vpon me the crowne and imperiall Scepter of the realme, now was the time propice and conuenient.

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Which he doth most fantasy.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, fantasy is marked as slang, literary, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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