Antonyms for fanciful

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fan-si-fuhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæn sɪ fəl

Definition of fanciful

Origin : 1620s, from fancy (n.) + -ful. Related: Fancifully.

adj imaginary, romantic

Example sentences :

The fable is fanciful and pleasing in itself; but will it not hereafter be believed as reality?
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

The thing was incomprehensible to Tip, and altogether a fanciful notion.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

He found, when he looked up, that this sensation was not a fanciful one.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

He did not like to offer her money, but a pretty, fanciful idea occurred to him.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

We must separate the fanciful from the real, or at least make the one subservient to the other.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

It should be as fanciful as possible, so as just to be presentable in Society.
Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss

In this fanciful tale Plato has dropped, or almost dropped, the garb of mythology.
Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato

And here and on this wise let my fanciful tale about letters and teachers of letters come to an end.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

Is it fanciful to suppose that he meant to give the stamp of authenticity to the one and not to the other?
Extract from : « Apology » by Plato

In the dim twilight they assumed every variety of fanciful form.
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 » by Various

Synonyms for fanciful

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