Antonyms for fancy

Grammar : Adj, noun, verb

Spell : fan-see

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæn si

Definition of fancy

Origin : mid-15c., contraction of fantasy, it took the older and longer word's sense of "inclination, whim, desire." Meaning "fans of an amusement or sport, collectively" is attested by 1735, especially (though not originally) of the prize ring. The adjective is recorded from mid-18c.

adj extravagant, ornamental
noun impulse, urge
noun liking, dream
verb imagine, create
verb love, desire

Example sentences :

I fancy, now, there's not a good waiter this side of New York.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

If he had engaged himself to a handsome schoolmistress, it was his fancy, and he could afford it.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

She shook her head and the fancy cleared away, and then others came.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

"But you forget where we are," answered the Man of Fancy, who overheard the remark.
Extract from : « A Select Party (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

But, I fancy, it is many, many years ago since he was bashful.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

"I fancy it must be because you call them fishes and not fish," replied Vavasor.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Also Franks was beginning to feel or to fancy his strength and elasticity not quite what they had been.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

I fancy that is just the one thing the human faculty is least able to cope with.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

I fancy there are many such stories in real life which will never get told.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

For she thought in the night he will forget his notion, as had often been the case, and he will have some other fancy.
Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

Synonyms for fancy

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