Definitions for: Fantasy


[n] imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy"
[n] something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
[n] fiction with a large amount of fantasy in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"



Webster (1913) Definition: Fan"ta*sy, n.; pl. Fantasies. [See Fancy.]
1. Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful
conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice;
humor.

Is not this something more than fantasy ? --Shak.

A thousand fantasies Being to throng into my memory.
--Milton.

2. Fantastic designs.

Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold
thread. --Hawthorne.


Fan"ta*sy, v. t.
To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy.
[Obs.] --Cavendish.

Which he doth most fantasy. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).

Synonyms: fancy, illusion, phantasy, phantasy

See Also: bubble, dream, fairyland, fantasy life, fantasy world, fiction, ignis fatuus, imagination, imaginativeness, misconception, phantasy life, phantasy world, pipe dream, science fiction, vision, will-o'-the-wisp, wishful thinking

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