fan·ta·sy (f n t -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. [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.] |
fantasy
Noun
pl -sies
1. a far-fetched idea
2. imagination unrestricted by reality
3. a daydream
4. fiction with a large fantasy content
5. Music same as fantasia
Adjective
of a competition 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 [Greek phantazein to make visible]
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| Noun | 1. |  fantasy - imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy"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" 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"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"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?" |
fantasy or phantasy
Translations
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 상상, 공상 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 mielikuvituksellinen extraordinaire נִפלָא अद्भुत, विलक्षण nevjerojatan, nestvaran fantasztikus penuh khayalan, fantastis stórfurðulegur, ótrúlegur fantastico 空想的な 상상의, 이상한, 믿을 수 없는 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 fantastinen fantastique מְצוּיָן आश्चर्यजनक fantastičan, odličan fantasztikus hebat frábær, stórkostlegur fantastico すばらしい 멋진 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 uskomattoman, fantastisesti extraordinairement בְּצוּרָה פַנטַסטִית आश्चर्यपूर्ण fantastično, odlično fantasztikusan secara fantastis frábærlega straordinariamente 空想的に 기이하게, 훌륭하게 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
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