fantasy

fan·ta·sy

 (făn′tə-sē, -zē)

n. pl. fan·ta·sies

1. The creative imagination; unrestrained fancy.

2. Something, such as an invention, that is a creation of the fancy.

3. A capricious or fantastic idea; a conceit.

4.

a. A genre of fiction or other artistic work characterized by fanciful or supernatural elements.

b. A work of this genre.

5. An imagined event or sequence of mental images, such as a daydream, usually fulfilling a wish or psychological need.

6. An unrealistic or improbable supposition.

7. Music See fantasia.

8. A coin issued especially by a questionable authority and not intended for use as currency.

9. Obsolete A hallucination.

adj.

Relating to or being a game in which participants act as owners of imaginary sports teams whose personnel consists of actual players selected from a professional sports league and team performance is determined by the combined statistics of the players.

tr.v. fan·ta·sied, fan·ta·sy·ing, fan·ta·sies

To imagine; visualize.

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[Middle English fantasie, fantsy, from Old French fantasie, from Latin phantasia, from Greek phantasiā, appearance, imagination, from phantazesthai, to appear, from phantos, visible, from phainesthai, phan-, to appear, passive of phainein, to show; see bhā- in Indo-European roots.]

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fantasy

(ˈfæntəsɪ) or

phantasy

n, pl -sies

1.

a. imagination unrestricted by reality

b. (as modifier): a fantasy world.

2. a creation of the imagination, esp a weird or bizarre one

3. (Psychology) psychol

a. a series of pleasing mental images, usually serving to fulfil a need not gratified in reality

b. the activity of forming such images

4. a whimsical or far-fetched notion

5. an illusion, hallucination, or phantom

6. a highly elaborate imaginative design or creation

7. (Classical Music) music another word for fantasia, fancy¹³, development⁵

8. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms)

a. literature having a large fantasy content

b. a prose or dramatic composition of this type

9. (modifier) of or relating to a competition, often in a newspaper, in which a participant selects players for an imaginary ideal team, and points are awarded according to the actual performances of the chosen players: fantasy football.

vb, -sies, -sying or -sied

a less common word for fantasize

[C14 fantasie, from Latin phantasia, from Greek phantazein to make visible]

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fan•ta•sy

or phan•ta•sy

(ˈfæn tə si, -zi)

n., pl. -sies, n.

1. imagination, esp. when extravagant and unrestrained.

2. the forming of mental images, esp. wondrous or strange fancies; imaginative conceptualizing.

3. the succession of mental images thus formed.

4. an imagined or conjured up sequence of events, esp. one provoked by an unfulfilled psychological need.

5. an abnormal or bizarre sequence of mental images, as a hallucination.

6. a supposition based on no solid foundation; illusion.

7. caprice; whim.

8. an imaginative or fanciful creation; intricate, elaborate, or whimiscal design.

9. a form of fiction based on imaginative or fanciful characters and premises.

10. fantasia (def. 1).

v.i.

11. to form mental images; imagine; fantasize.

12. to write or play fantasias.

v.t.

13. to form mental images of; create in the mind.

[1275–1325; Middle English: imaginative faculty < Latin phantasia < Greek phantasía idea, notion]

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fantasy

Past participle: fantasied
Gerund: fantasying

Imperative

fantasy

fantasy

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fantasy

A story involving things or happenings not known in real life.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fantasy - imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy" phantasy imagination, imaginativeness, vision - the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be" pipe dream, dream - a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe" fantasy life, phantasy life - an imaginary life lived in a fantasy world fairyland, fantasy world, phantasy world - something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality)
	2.	fantasy - fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies" phantasy fiction - a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact science fiction - literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society
	3.	fantasy - something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy" fancy, phantasy, illusion misconception - an incorrect conception bubble - an impracticable and illusory idea; "he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble" ignis fatuus, will-o'-the-wisp - an illusion that misleads wishful thinking - the illusion that what you wish for is actually true
Verb	1.	fantasy - indulge in fantasies; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company" fantasise, fantasize conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"

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fantasy

phantasy (Archaic)

noun

1. daydream, dream, wish, fancy, delusion, reverie, flight of fancy, pipe dream Everyone's had a fantasy about winning the lottery

2. fairy tale, story, romance, fairy story, folk tale The film is more a fantasy than a horror story. imagination, fancy, invention, creativity, originality a world of imagination and fantasy

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

fantasy

also phantasy
noun

1. The power of the mind to form images:

fancy, imagination, imaginativeness.

2. Any fictitious idea accepted as part of an ideology by an uncritical group; a received idea:

creation, fiction, figment, invention, myth.

3. A fantastic, impracticable plan or desire:

bubble, castle in the air, chimera, dream, illusion, pipe dream, rainbow.

4. An illusory mental image:

daydream, dream, fancy, fiction, figment, illusion, phantasm, phantasma, reverie, vision.

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Translations

خَيال، تَوَهُّم

fantaziepředstava

fantasifantasi-

FantasieFantasy

φαντασίωση

fantasíaimaginación

fantaisiefantasymédiéval-fantastique

fantázia

draumórar; ímyndun, hugarburîur

fantasiafantastico

fantazijaneįtikėtinaineįtikėtinas

fantāzijafantāzijas-

fantastisk idé

sanjarija

hayal

幻想

fantasy

[ˈfæntəzɪ] N

1. (= imagination) → fantasía f
to live in a fantasy world or in fantasy land → vivir en un mundo de ensueño

2. (= fanciful idea, wish) → fantasía f, sueño m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fantasy

[ˈfæntəsi]

n

(= dream) → fantasme m

(= imaginary work) (film, story) → fantaisie f

(= opposite of reality) → imagination f

modif

(= dream, ideal) [holiday] → de rêve

(= fantastical) [film, novel] → fantastique
to live in a fantasy world → vivre dans un monde imaginairefantasy football n → jeu m de l'entraîneur jeu dans lequel chaque participant constitue son équipe de football idéale avec des joueurs existants, les points étant marqués en fonction des performances réelles des joueurs choisis au cours de la saison

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fantasy

n

(= imagination) → Fantasie f, → Phantasie f

(= illusion) → Fantasie f, → Hirngespinst nt (pej); that’s pure fantasy or a fantasy → das ist reine Fantasie or bloß ein Hirngespinst

(Mus, Liter) → Fantasie f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

fantasy

[ˈfæntəsɪ] n (imagination) → fantasia, immaginazione f; (fanciful idea, wish) → sogno, idea fantastica, chimera
in a world of fantasy → in un mondo fantastico

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

fantasy

(ˈfӕntəsi) – plural ˈfantasies – noun

an imaginary (especially not realistic) scene, story etc. He was always having fantasies about becoming rich and famous; (also adjective) He lived in a fantasy world. fantasie خَيال، تَوَهُّم фантазия fantasia fantazie, představa die Phantasie, Phantasie-..., auch Fantasy als Genre fantasi; fantasi- φαντασία, όνειρο, φαντασίωσηfantasía fantaasia, unistus تخیل fantasia fantaisieהזיה कोरी कल्पना mašta, sanjarija; izmišljen, nestvaran fantázia khayalan, fantasi draumórar; ímyndun, hugarburður fantasia; di fantasia 空想 공상, 환상 fantazija fantāzija; fantāzijas- fantasi fantasiefantasi, drøm, fantastisk idémarzenie فانتزى، خيال، چرت، خيال پلو، دفكر له قيده خلاص: ترېدلى، وحشى، عجيبه، سودا fantasia (de) vis фантазия fantázia sanjarija, sanjski fantazija fantasi การจินตนาการ hayal 幻想 фантазія خیالی صورت گری hình ảnh tưởng tượng 幻想

fantastic (fӕnˈtӕstik) adjective

1. unbelievable and like a fantasy. She told me some fantastic story about her father being a Grand Duke! denkbeeldig, fantasties غَريب، خَيالي недействителен fantástico fantastický, neskutečný Phantasie-... fantastisk απίστευτοςfantástico fantastiline باور نکردنی؛ خیالی fantastinen extraordinaireנפלא अद्भुत, विलक्षण nevjerojatan, nestvaran fantasztikus penuh khayalan, fantastis stórfurðulegur, ótrúlegur fantastico 空想的な 기상 천외의, 공상적인 neįtikėtinas fantastisks penuh khayalan fantastischfantastisk, oppdiktetnieprawdopodobny خيالى، اريانوونكى، هك پك كسوونكى، شډل، عجيب fantástico uluitor; de necrezut фантастический fantastický neverjeten maštovit befängd, otrolig ไม่น่าเชื่อ; เหมือนอยู่ในจินตนาการ inanılmaz, hayret verici 荒誕不經的 фантастичний, химерний غیر معمولی kỳ quái; không tưởng 荒诞的，幻想的

2. wonderful; very good. You look fantastic! fantasties, wonderlik رائِع фантастичен fantástico báječný, skvělý phantastisch fantastisk; pragtfuld θαυμάσιοςfantástico fantastiline محشر erinomainen fantastiqueמצוין आश्चर्यजनक fantastičan, odličan fantasztikus hebat frábær, stórkostlegur fantastico すばらしい 굉장히 좋은 fantastiškas, nuostabus lielisks; brīnišķīgs hebat fantastischfantastisk, kjempeflottfantastyczny هيښوونكى، هك پك كوونكى fantástico fantastic изумительный zázračný, úžasný čudovit sjajan fantastisk มหัศจรรย์ çok güzel, şahane 好極了 вражаючий بہت عمدہ tuyệt vời; rất tốt 好极了

fanˈtastically adverb

fantasties بِصورَة خَيالِيَّه، بِصورَة رائِعَه фантастично fantasticamente fantasticky phantastisch fantastiskt; pragtfuldt απίστευτα, φανταστικάfantásticamente fantastiliselt بطور عجیب و غریب erinomaisesti extraordinairement בְּצוּרָה פַנטַסטִית आश्चर्यपूर्ण fantastično, odlično fantasztikusan secara fantastis frábærlega straordinariamente 空想的に 환상적으로 neįtikėtinai, fantastiškai lieliski; brīnišķīgi sungguh hebat fantastischfantastisk fantastycznie د عجیب او غریب توګه fantasticamente fantastic, extraordinar (de) фантастически;изумительно fantasticky fantastično fantastično fantastiskt อย่างมหัศจรรย์ fevkalâde, çok 荒誕不經地，極好地 фантастично خوبی سے tuyệt vời; rất tốt 空想地，幻想地

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fan·ta·sy

n. fantasía, uso de la imaginación para transformar una realidad desagradable en una experiencia satisfactoria.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

fantasy

n (pl -sies) fantasía

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