fanciful
adjective
Origin of fanciful
Synonyms for fanciful
Related Words for fanciful
whimsical, imaginative, fantastic, fantastical, fictional, preposterous, offbeat, unreal, extravagant, absurd, bizarre, aerial, capricious, chimerical, curious, fabulous, fictitious, flaky, floating, idealExamples from the Web for fanciful
Contemporary Examples of fanciful
But such primitive and fanciful ideas are just the skin on top of hot milk.
The characters struck me as fanciful, and the plot was contrived.
Expect some fanciful linguistic contortions when asked whether or not this is, in fact, a “coup?”
The fanciful assertion that nation states lessen it is unlikely to convince a Russian or Chinese dissident, or Tibetan.
Savaging Primitives: Why Jared Diamond’s ‘The World Until Yesterday’ Is Completely WrongStephen Corry
January 30, 2013
I was afraid to tell my story directly, wanted to couch it in a fanciful (and imitative) yarn of sex and intrigue.
Historical Examples of fanciful
The fable is fanciful and pleasing in itself; but will it not hereafter be believed as reality?
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
The thing was incomprehensible to Tip, and altogether a fanciful notion.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
He found, when he looked up, that this sensation was not a fanciful one.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
He did not like to offer her money, but a pretty, fanciful idea occurred to him.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
We must separate the fanciful from the real, or at least make the one subservient to the other.
Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth