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fancy

/ fancy /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
fancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than imagination
Type of:
imagination imaginativeness vision
Derived:
visualize visualise envision project see
verb Sense 2
have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
"She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler''s window"
Type of:
desire want
Derived:
fondness partiality fancier enthusiast
Entails:
like
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
adjective Sense 3
not plain; decorative or ornamented
"fancy handwriting"
"fancy clothes"
Similar:
aureate florid flamboyant showy baroque churrigueresque churrigueresco busy
Opposites:
plain
See also:
adorned decorated rhetorical
noun Sense 4
a predisposition to like something
"he had a fondness for whiskey"
Type of:
liking
Derived:
go for take to
noun Sense 5
something many people believe that is false
"they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
Type of:
misconception
Kinds of:
bubble will-o'-the-wisp ignis fatuus wishful thinking
Derived:
visualize visualise envision project see
verb Sense 6
imagine; conceive of; see in one''s mind
"I can''t see him on horseback!"
"I can see what will happen"
"I can see a risk in this strategy"
Type of:
imagine conceive of ideate
Derived:
image mental image effigy simulacrum picture
Verb group:
understand realize realise see visualize
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody
Semantic Complexity
69%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
8
Total Relationships
53
Times Searched
3
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imagination imaginativeness vision desire want aureate florid flamboyant showy baroque churrigueresque churrigueresco