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fancy



I - noun
1. something many people believe that is false (Freq. 1)
- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
Syn:
illusion, fantasy, phantasy
Derivationally related forms:
fantasy (for: fantasy), fantasize (for: fantasy), illusory (for: illusion), illusional (for: illusion)
Hypernyms:
misconception
Hyponyms:
bubble, will-o'-the-wisp, ignis fatuus, wishful thinking
2. a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination (Freq. 1)
Hypernyms:
imagination, imaginativeness, vision
3. a predisposition to like something
- he had a fondness for whiskey
Syn:
fondness, partiality
Derivationally related forms:
fond (for: fondness)
Hypernyms:
liking

II - verb
1. imagine;
conceive of;
see in one's mind (Freq. 3)
- I can't see him on horseback!
- I can see what will happen
- I can see a risk in this strategy
Syn:
visualize, visualise, envision, project, see,
figure, picture, image
Derivationally related forms:
image (for: image), imaging (for: image), imagery (for: image), picture (for: picture), picturing (for: picture), figuration (for: figure), seer (for: see), envisioning (for: envision), visualization (for: visualize), visualizer (for: visualize)
Hypernyms:
imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage
Verb Group:
understand, realize, realise, see, visualize, visualise
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
2. have a fancy or particular liking or desire for (Freq. 1)
- She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window
Syn:
go for, take to
Derivationally related forms:
fancier
Hypernyms:
desire, want
Entailment:
like
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They fancy more bread
- Sam cannot fancy Sue

III - adjective
not plain;
decorative or ornamented (Freq. 3)
- fancy handwriting
- fancy clothes
Ant:
plain
Similar to:
aureate, florid, flamboyant, baroque, churrigueresque,
churrigueresco, busy, fussy, dressy, crackle, damascene,
damask, elaborate, luxuriant, embattled, battlemented, castled,
castellated, fanciful, fantastic, lacy, lacelike, puff,
puffed, rococo, vermicular, vermiculate, vermiculated
See Also:
adorned, decorated, rhetorical

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