fantasy

fan·ta·sy  (fnt-s, -z)

n. pl. fan·ta·sies

1. The creative imagination; unrestrained fancy. See Synonyms at imagination.

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

3. A capricious or fantastic idea; a conceit.

4.

a. Fiction characterized by highly fanciful or supernatural elements.

b. An example of such fiction.

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.

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 phantasi, appearance, imagination, from phantazesthai, to appear, from phantos, visible, from phainesthai, to appear; see bh-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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fantasy, phantasy [ˈfæntəsɪ]

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. (Music / Classical Music) Music another word for fantasia¹ [2] fancy [13] (rarely), development [5]

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, -sied

a less common word for fantasize

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

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

Translations

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

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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 imaginaire
fantasy 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

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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

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

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

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fantasy

n fantasy [ˈfӕntəsi]

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 fantazie, představa fantasi; fantasi- die Phantasie, Phantasie-..., auch Fantasy als Genre φαντασία, όνειρο, φαντασίωση fantasía fantaasia, unistus تخیل fantasia (de) fantaisie הַזָיָה कोरी कल्पना mašta, sanjarija; izmišljen, nestvaran fantázia khayalan, fantasi draumórar; ímyndun, hugarburður fantasia; di fantasia 空想 공상, 환상 fantazija fantāzija; fantāzijas- fantasi fantasie fantasi, drøm, fantastisk idé marzenie fantasia (de) vis фантазия fantázia sanjarija, sanjski fantazija fantasi การจินตนาการ hayal 幻想 фантазія خیالی صورت گری hình ảnh tưởng tượng 幻想

adj fantastic [fӕnˈtӕstik]

1 unbelievable and like a fantasy She told me some fantastic story about her father being a Grand Duke! denkbeeldig, fantasties غَريب، خَيالي недействителен fantastický, neskutečný fantastisk Phantasie-... απίστευτος fantástico fantastiline باور نکردنی؛ خیالی fantastinen extraordinaire נִפלָא अद्भुत, विलक्षण nevjerojatan, nestvaran fantasztikus penuh khayalan, fantastis stórfurðulegur, ótrúlegur fantastico 空想的な 기상 천외의, 공상적인 neįtikėtinas fantastisks penuh khayalan fantastisch fantastisk, oppdiktet nieprawdopodobny fantástico uluitor; de necrezut фантастический fantastický neverjeten maštovit befängd, otrolig ไม่น่าเชื่อ; เหมือนอยู่ในจินตนาการ inanılmaz, hayret verici 幻想的 фантастичний, химерний غیر معمولی kỳ quái; không tưởng 幻想的

2 wonderful; very good You look fantastic! fantasties, wonderlik رائِع фантастичен báječný, skvělý fantastisk; pragtfuld phantastisch θαυμάσιος fantástico fantastiline محشر erinomainen fantastique מְצוּיָן आश्चर्यजनक fantastičan, odličan fantasztikus hebat frábær, stórkostlegur fantastico すばらしい 굉장히 좋은 fantastiškas, nuostabus lielisks; brīnišķīgs hebat fantastisch fantastisk, kjempeflott fantastyczny 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

adv fanˈtastically

fantasties بِصورَة خَيالِيَّه، بِصورَة رائِعَه фантастично fantasticky fantastiskt; pragtfuldt phantastisch απίστευτα, φανταστικά fantásticamente 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 fantastisch fantastisk fantastycznie fantasticamente fantastic, extraordinar (de) фантастически;изумительно fantasticky fantastično fantastično fantastiskt อย่างมหัศจรรย์ fevkalâde, çok 幻想地 фантастично خوبی سے tuyệt vời; rất tốt 幻想地