Synonyms for fancy
| Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
| Spell : fan-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæn si |
Top 10 synonyms for fancy Other synonyms for the word fancy
- adorned
- approve
- baroque
- be attracted to
- be captivated by
- be enamored of
- be in love with
- be inclined to think
- beautifying
- believe
- big eyes
- caprice
- chichi
- chimera
- conceit
- conceive
- conception
- conjecture
- contrariness
- crazy about
- creation
- cup of tea
- cushy
- custom
- daydream
- decorated
- delusion
- desire
- dream of
- dream up
- druthers
- elaborate
- embellished
- endorse
- envisage
- envisagement
- envision
- envisioning
- eyes for
- fabrication
- fall for
- fanciful
- fantasize
- favor
- feature
- figment
- flash
- florid
- fondness
- fool's paradise
- froufrou
- garnished
- gingerbread
- groove
- guess
- hallucination
- hankering
- head trip
- humor
- idea
- illusion
- image
- imaginativeness
- impression
- inclination
- infer
- intricate
- invention
- irrationality
- itch
- lavish
- like
- liking
- long for
- lust after
- mad for
- make up
- make up off top of one's head
- mind
- mirage
- nightmare
- notion
- ornate
- ostentatious
- partiality
- penchant
- perverseness
- phantasm
- phantom
- picture
- pie in the sky
- pipe dream
- pleasure
- predilection
- prefer
- preference
- realize
- reckon
- relish
- resplendent
- reverie
- rich
- rococo
- romancing
- sanction
- set one's heart on
- showy
- spark
- special
- spiffy
- spitball
- sumptuous
- suppose
- surmise
- sweet tooth
- take a liking to
- take to
- thing
- think
- think likely
- think up
- thought
- trump up
- unusual
- vagary
- velleity
- vision
- visualization
- visualize
- weakness for
- whim
- wild for
- will
- wish for
- yearn for
- yearning
- yen
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for fancy
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