fantasy

[ fan-tuh-see, -zee ]

/ ˈfæn tə si, -zi /

noun, plural fan·ta·sies.

imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.

the forming of mental images, especially wondrous or strange fancies; imaginative conceptualizing.

a mental image, especially when unreal or fantastic; vision: a nightmare fantasy.

Psychology. an imagined or conjured up sequence fulfilling a psychological need; daydream.

a hallucination.

a supposition based on no solid foundation; visionary idea; illusion: dreams of Utopias and similar fantasies.

caprice; whim.

an ingenious or fanciful thought, design, or invention.

Also fantasia. Literature. an imaginative or fanciful work, especially one dealing with supernatural or unnatural events or characters: The stories of Poe are fantasies of horror.

Music. fantasia(def 1).

adjective

noting or relating to any of various games or leagues in which fans assemble players of a professional sport into imaginary teams, and points are scored based on the performance of these players in real games: fantasy football; fantasy sports.

verb (used with or without object), fan·ta·sied, fan·ta·sy·ing.

to form mental images; imagine; fantasize.

Rare. to write or play fantasias.

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Sometimes phan·ta·sy.

Origin of fantasy

1275–1325; Middle English fantasie imaginative faculty, mental image (< Anglo-French, Old French) < Latin phantasia < Greek phantasía an idea, notion, image, literally, a making visible; see fantastic, -y³

SYNONYMS FOR fantasy

1 See fancy.

OTHER WORDS FROM fantasy

non·fan·ta·sy, noun, plural non·fan·ta·sies.

Words nearby fantasy

fantast, fantastic, fantastically, fantasticate, fantastico, fantasy, fantasyland, fanti, fantin-latour, fantoccini, fantod

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British Dictionary definitions for fantasy baseball

fantasy

phantasy

/ (ˈfæntəsɪ) /

noun plural -sies

imagination unrestricted by reality
(as modifier)a fantasy world

a creation of the imagination, esp a weird or bizarre one

psychol

a series of pleasing mental images, usually serving to fulfil a need not gratified in reality
the activity of forming such images

a whimsical or far-fetched notion

an illusion, hallucination, or phantom

a highly elaborate imaginative design or creation

music another word for fantasia, fancy (def. 13), (rarely) development (def. 5)

literature having a large fantasy content
a prose or dramatic composition of this type

(modifier) 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 playersfantasy football

verb -sies, -sying or -sied

a less common word for fantasize

Word Origin for fantasy

C14 fantasie, from Latin phantasia, from Greek phantazein to make visible

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Medical definitions for fantasy baseball

fantasy

[ făn′tə-sē, -zē ]

n.

Imagery that is more or less coherent, as in dreams and daydreams, yet unrestricted by reality.phantasia

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fantasy

noun, plural fan·ta·sies.

adjective

verb (used with or without object), fan·ta·sied, fan·ta·sy·ing.

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British Dictionary definitions for fantasy baseball

phantasy

noun plural -sies

verb -sies, -sying or -sied

Word Origin for fantasy

Medical definitions for fantasy baseball

n.