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FANCY

Definition:

1. [noun] something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
   Synonyms: illusion, fantasy, phantasy
   
   
2. [noun] fancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than imagination
   
   
3. [noun] a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey"
   Synonyms: fondness, partiality
   
   
4. [verb] 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"
   Synonyms: visualize, visualise, envision, project, see, figure, picture, image
   
   
5. [verb] have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"
   Synonyms: go for, take to
   
   
6. [adjective] not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"
   
   

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Related Words:

• bubble
• will-o'-the-wisp, ignis fatuus
• wishful thinking

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