Log In / Create Account
 

 
 

Thesaurus > Related Words: fancy

  Words related to fancy

Related / Similar Words: illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fondness, partiality, visualize, visualise, envision, project, see, figure, picture, image, go for, take to

 

Definition:
  • fancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than imagination;
  • something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy";
  • a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey";
  • imagine; conceive of; see in one''s mind; "I can''t see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy";
  • have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler''s window";
  • not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes";

    •  
    See Also: adorned, decorated, rhetorical

     

    Hyponyms: bubble, will-o'-the-wisp, ignis fatuus, wishful thinking

     

    Grouped Verbs: understand, realize, realise, see, visualize, visualise

     

    Entailments: like

     

    Derivational Morphology: visualize, visualise, envision, project, see, figure, picture, image, fantasize, fantasise, go for, take to, mental image, effigy, simulacrum, icon, ikon, imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery, mental picture, impression, picturing, envisioning, figuration, visionary, illusionist, seer, illusion, fantasy, phantasy, visual image, visualization, visualisation, visualizer, visualiser, fondness, partiality, fancier, enthusiast

     
     
      Search Thesaurus

    Search the meaning/definition of over one hundred thousand words!
     
     
    		  
      Feature Word
    net is similar to Internet, Net, cyberspace, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork, net income, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings, nett, web, sack, sack up, clear, final and last.
     
      Find words starting with:
       
    A
    B
    C    		    
    D
    E
    F    		    
    G
    H
    I    		    
    J
    K
    L    		    
    M
    N
    O    		    
    P
    Q
    R    		    
    S
    T
    U    		    
    V
    W
    X    		    
    Y
    Z
     
     
     

    Web Sites | Encyclopedia | Dictionary | Thesaurus | Language Translator

    Teaching Resources

    Baby Names | Recipes

    Link to Kids.Net.Au | About Us | Submit a Question, Comment or Suggestion

    © 2009 Kids.Net.Au - kids safe portal for children, parents, schools and teachers.