fancy

fancy: n

1. imagination, creativity, originality; conception, origination, generation, creation, invention, fabrication, formation.

2. mental image, visualization, picture; conception, concept, thought, notion, idea, abstraction, conceptualization; perception, view, opinion, understanding, belief, impression, sentiment, feeling.

3. daydream, reverie, fantasy, fiction, make-believe, fable, myth, unreality; illusion, figment, vision, mirage, hallucination; phantom, phantasm, apparition, ghost, specter, eidolon, chimera.

4. caprice, whim, whimsy, Archaic. megrim, vagary, humor; odd notion, crotchet, kink, Archaic. maggot; quirk, peculiarity, eccentricity.

5. inclination, set, bent, leaning, tendency; predilection, propensity, proclivity, predisposal, predisposedness, disposition; preference, partiality, attraction, liking, fondness, taste, penchant; desire, wish, longing, yearning, hankering, Inf. yen, Sl. itch, Sl. letch.

6. critical judgment, taste, sense, eye, perception, discernment, discrimination.

7. trend, rage, fad, craze, mania, latest thing; style, fashion, Brit. twig, mode, vogue, look.

adj

8. choice, prime, select, quality, grade A, A number 1, the best; custom, special, deluxe, luxury, luxurious, sumptuous, elegant, posh, Sl. classy, Sl. snazzy, Sl. ritzy.

9. ornamental, decorative; decorated, adorned, embellished, embroidered; elaborate, rich, lavish, ornate, baroque, rococo, gingerbread; florid, showy, ostentatious, overdone.

10. whimsical, capricious, flightly, irregular, fanciful. See fanciful(def.1).

v

11. picture, visualize, envisage, envision, imagine, image, ideate, think, dream, daydream, fantasize; conceive, think up, Inf. dream up, make up, conjure up, Inf. feature.

12. think, suppose, imagine, suspect, surmise, guess, conjecture, infer; presume, assume, take for granted.

13. take a liking to, like, go for, be attracted to; be inclined towards, be prone to, be disposed or predisposed toward, prefer; have a fancy for, have an eye for, have a desire for, have a yen for; hanker after, yearn for, long for, wish for, desire, want, covet; lust after, burn for, Inf. be wild or mad about, Sl. have the hots for, Inf. lech after.

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Synonyms:

Imagination (properly, as exercised in sportive or whimsical moods), which see, Conceive, imagine, form a conception of, figure to one's self, Imaginative, of the fancy, fancied / Pleasing conceit, happy conception, striking thought, ideal image, bright stroke, Like, be pleased with, have a fancy for, Ornamental (rather than useful), elegant, fine, nice / Notion, idea, thought, conception, conceit, impression, apprehension, image, Fanciful, extravagant, beyond all real worth / Liking, fondness, inclination, penchant, taste / Caprice, humor, whim, crotchet, quirk, freak, vagary, whimsey, maggot, fantasy, odd fancy, Imagine, think, suppose, apprehend, conjecture, believe, take it

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Fancy — Manfred Alois Segieth (1988) Fancy bei einem Disco Auftritt (1988) Fancy (* 7. Juli … Deutsch Wikipedia
Fancy — Fan cy, a. 1. Adapted to please the fancy or taste, especially when of high quality or unusually appealing; ornamental; as, fancy goods; fancy clothes. [1913 Webster] 2. Extravagant; above real value. [1913 Webster] This anxiety never degenerated … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fancy — [fan′sē] n. pl. fancies [ME fantsy, contr. < fantasie: see FANTASY] 1. imagination, now esp. light, playful, or whimsical imagination 2. illusion or delusion 3. a mental image 4. an arbitrary idea; notion; caprice; whim 5. an … English World dictionary
Fancy — Fan cy (f[a^]n s[y^]), n.; pl. {Fancies}. [Contr. fr. fantasy, OF. fantasie, fantaisie, F. fantaisie, L. phantasia, fr. Gr. ???????? appearance, imagination, the power of perception and presentation in the mind, fr. ???????? to make visible, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fancy — n 1 Caprice, freak, whim, whimsy, conceit, vagary, crotchet 2 imagination, fantasy Antonyms: experience 3 Fancy, fantasy, phantasy, phantasm, vision, dream, daydream, nightmare are comparable when they denote a vivid idea or image, or a series of … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fancy — ► VERB (fancies, fancied) 1) Brit. informal feel a desire for. 2) Brit. informal find sexually attractive. 3) regard as a likely winner. 4) imagine. 5) used to express surprise: fancy that! … English terms dictionary
fancy — [adj] extravagant, ornamental adorned, baroque, beautifying, chichi*, complicated, cushy, custom, decorated, decorative, deluxe, elaborate, elegant, embellished, fanciful, florid, frilly, froufrou*, garnished, gaudy, gingerbread*, intricate,… … New thesaurus
Fancy — Fan cy, v. t. 1. To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine. [1913 Webster] He whom I fancy, but can ne er express. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fancy — [ fænsɪ; englisch, eigentlich »Fantasie«], 1) die, / s, Musik: Fantasy [ fæntəsɪ], die der Geschichte der musikalischen Fantasie zugehörige Hauptform der englischen Kammermusik von etwa 1575 bis 1680. Sie entwickelte sich aus dem… … Universal-Lexikon
Fancy — (engl., spr. Fänßi), Phantasie, daher Fancy Artikel, Modewaaren, verzierte Schmucksachen. Fancy Fair (spr. Fänßisähr), Ausstellung u. Verkauf von weiblichen Handarbeiten zu milden Zwecken … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Fancy — Fan cy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fancied}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Fancying}.] 1. To figure to one s self; to believe or imagine something without proof. [1913 Webster] If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather fancy than know … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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