fantasy (noun)
1fantasy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ mere, pure, sheer, total ▪ Most of what they told us was pure fantasy. ▪ ultimate ▪ the ultimate human fantasy: being able to fly …
2fantasy — ► NOUN (pl. fantasies) 1) the imagining of improbable or impossible things. 2) an idea with no basis in reality. 3) a genre of imaginative fiction involving magic and adventure. ORIGIN Greek phantasia imagination, appearance , from phantazein… …
3fantasy — fantasy, phantasy 1. The OED, echoed by Fowler (1926), tried to assert a distinction between these two spellings, the first reflecting the Greek spelling and the second the more immediate French source of the word, ‘the predominant sense of the… …
4fantasy — noun plural fantasies 1 (C, U) an exciting and unusual experience or situation you imagine happening to you but which will probably never happen: He used to indulge in fantasies about being a famous actor. | sexual fantasies | Young children… …
5fantasy football — ● fantasy * * * ˌfantasy ˈfootball 7 [fantasy football] noun uncountable a competition in which you choose players to make your own imaginary team, and score points according to the performance of the real players …
6fantasy — noun 1) a mix of fantasy and realism Syn: imagination, fancy, invention, make believe; creativity, vision; daydreaming, reverie Ant: realism, truth 2) his fantasy about being famous …
7fantasy — noun 1) a mix of fantasy and realism Syn: imagination, fancy, invention, make believe, creativity, vision, daydreaming, reverie 2) his fantasy about being famous Syn: dream, daydream …
8fantasy life — noun an imaginary life lived in a fantasy world (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑phantasy life • Hypernyms: ↑fantasy, ↑phantasy …
9fantasy fiction — noun see fantasy I …
10fantasy land — noun An ideal place that does not exist in reality. In the movie Back to School, an economics professor suggests building a factory in a place where no political corruption must be calculated into the costs; the protagonist replies How about… …
