FANCIES Synonyms: 180 Similar and Opposite Words

fancies 1 of 2

noun

plural of fancy

as in fantasies

a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality a writer with a prodigious talent for creating fancies that captivate readers young and old

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as in whims

a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action is this a serious interest in music, or just your latest fancy that will be forgotten after a week?

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as in likings

positive regard for something now that he's rich he's taken a fancy to expensive sports cars

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fancies

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verb

present tense third-person singular of fancy

as in imagines

to form a mental picture of try to fancy, if you can, our mother on an elephant when she was touring India

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as in enjoys

to take pleasure in the teacher didn't fancy the idea of failing the student, even if he was the class clown

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Wishbone then imagines himself as a character in a classic novel related to the situation at home, going on epic adventures and taking the audience along with him.

Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 3 Oct. 2024
Wiley’s intervention powerfully imagines an insurrection that might give more power to young Black men, but his equestrian statue does little to reimagine what power means or looks like.

Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024

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