fancy

/fˈænsi/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. something many people believe that is false
   “they have the illusion that I am very wealthy”
2. imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
   “never had the wildest flights of fancy imagined such magnificence”
3. a predisposition to like something
   “he had a fondness for whiskey”

verb

1. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
   “I can't see him on horseback!”
2. have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
   “She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window”

adjective

1. not plain; decorative or ornamented
   “fancy handwriting”

Synonyms for fancy

• illusion
• fantasy
• phantasy
• fondness
• partiality
• visualize
• visualise
• envision
• project
• see
• figure
• picture
• image
• go for
• take to
• aureate
• baroque
• busy
• dressy
• crackle
• damascene
• damask
• elaborate
• embattled
• fanciful
• fantastic
• lacy
• puff
• rococo
• vermicular

Antonyms of fancy

• plain

Words that rhyme with fancy

• chancy
• necromancy
• fiancee
• chancey
• clancey
• clancy
• dancey
• dancy
• dansie
• francy
• ganci
• glancy
• schmancy
• yancey
• yancy