fantasy or phantasy
- 1) noun, a) imagination unrestricted by reality b) (as modifier)
- 2) noun, a creation of the imagination, esp a weird or bizarre one
- 3) noun, psychol a) a series of pleasing mental images, usually serving to fulfil a need not gratified in reality b) the activity of forming such images
- 4) noun, a whimsical or far-fetched notion
- 5) noun, an illusion, hallucination, or phantom
- 6) noun, a highly elaborate imaginative design or creation
- 7) noun, music. another word for fantasia, fancy
- 8) noun, a) literature having a large fantasy content b) a prose or dramatic composition of this type
- 9) noun, of or relating to a competition, often in a newspaper, in which a participant selects players for an imaginary ideal team, and points are awarded according to the actual performances of the chosen players
- 10) verb, a less common word for fantasize
Etymology
C14 fantasie, from Latin phantasia, from Greek phantazein to make visible
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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dream, fancy, fancy, reverie, imagination, daydream, wish, delusion, pipe dream, invention, originality