Antonyms for fantasy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fan-tuh-see, -zee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæn tə si, -zi |
Definition of fantasy
Origin :- early 14c., "illusory appearance," from Old French fantaisie (14c.) "vision, imagination," from Latin phantasia, from Greek phantasia "appearance, image, perception, imagination," from phantazesthai "picture to oneself," from phantos "visible," from phainesthai "appear," in late Greek "to imagine, have visions," related to phaos, phos "light," phainein "to show, to bring to light" (see phantasm). Sense of "whimsical notion, illusion" is pre-1400, followed by that of "imagination," which is first attested 1530s. Sense of "day-dream based on desires" is from 1926.
- noun imagination, dream
- The journal in question attributes with good reason this fantasy to sadism.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- Oh, yes, these fantasy movies—we're a little worried about them.
- Extract from : « Reel Life Films » by Samuel Kimball Merwin
- He fancied he saw her now, not as the heroine of his fantasy, but just as she was.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- Howbeit, the following deserves a place as the tail-flounce of his Fantasy.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- He went on with that fantasy, but at this point Kate ceased to attend.
- Extract from : « The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 » by Henry James
- That this slight thing should have trapped his fantasy surprised her.
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- Indeed, I was bewildered by this fantasy of weeping and nonsense.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Shining Light » by Norman Duncan
- He shuddered at the fantasy that his feverish imagination was creating.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
- This seems strange to the verge of fantasy, but it is, apparently, true.
- Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting
- If I had a laddie,––God save me for indulging in such a fantasy!
- Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson
Synonyms for fantasy
- air castle
- apparition
- appearance
- Atlantis
- bubble
- chimera
- conceiving
- creativity
- daydream
- delusion
- envisioning
- externalizing
- fabrication
- fairyland
- fancy
- fancying
- fantasia
- figment
- flight
- flight of imagination
- fool's paradise
- hallucination
- head trip
- illusion
- imaginativeness
- imagining
- invention
- mind trip
- mirage
- nightmare
- objectifying
- originality
- rainbow
- reverie
- trip
- utopia
- vagary
- vision
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