Fancied

Quick meaning: Fancied is an adjective meaning Existing only in the fancy (“imagination”); imaginary, imagined.

Meaning

Existing only in the fancy (“imagination”); imaginary, imagined.

More Meanings

1. Organized, or (especially of attire) designed, to suit one's fancy or whim.
2. Having a fancy (“inclination, liking, or love”) for; desired, favourite.
3. (sports) Predicted to win or succeed.
4. simple past and past participle of fancy
5. (obsolete) Designed in an artistic manner.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: conceptual, fanciful, ideal, notional

The plant was named for its fancied resemblance to a Roman spear.

[S]till by the maid / Love went submiss, with eye more dangerous / Than fancied basilisk to wound whoe'er / Too bold approached, […]

Oh! if thou hover'ſt round my walk, / While, under ev'ry well-known tree, / I to thy fancy'd ſhadow talk, / And every tear is full of thee.

Synonyms for fancied

Depending on context, synonyms include conceptual, fanciful, ideal, notional, fictitious, unreal.

Antonyms for fancied

Common opposites include unfancied.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include invented, fictional, fictitious, made-up, fabricated, unreal.

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