fantasist

[fan-tuh-sist, -zist, fan-tey-zhist]

noun

1. a person who writes or composes fantasies or fantasias in music, poetry, or the like.

fantasist

/ ˈfæntəsɪst /

noun

1. a person who indulges in fantasies

2. a person who writes musical or literary fantasies

Word History and Origins

Origin of fantasist¹

First recorded in 1920–25; fantas(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

During his trial, it was heard that he created the "CV of a fantasist" - claiming he was a multi-millionaire, a former bomb disposal expert and an inventor.

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Prosecutors said he created the "CV of a fantasist" - claiming among other things that he was a multi-millionaire, a polymer scientist, a former bomb disposal expert and had invented the "bag for life".

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Attacking the Conservatives as "economic vandals and fantasists", Sir Keir said his focus was on growth.

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One of the survivors was even threatened with legal action and another described as a "fantasist", the review found.

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"I got the feeling perhaps she was a bit of a fantasist, but no way would I have thought she’d be a murderer," he said.

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