Fanciful
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈfænsɪfl̩/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Fanciful is an adjective meaning Imaginative or fantastic; ignoring reality.
Meaning
Imaginative or fantastic; ignoring reality.
More Meanings
- Unreal or imagined.
Example Sentences
Near-synonyms: conceptual, fancied, ideal, notional
It was fanciful to suppose that all he had to do would be to stride into a top law firm and he would be hired on the spot.
Mr. Butler, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain,” treats his newest novelistic conceit as an occasion to toss every possible ingredient into a fanciful hellscape and then let these elements run wild.
Word Forms
- fancifull
Synonyms for fanciful
Depending on context, synonyms include conceptual, fancied, ideal, notional, fancy, unreal.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fancy, imaginary, imagined, creative, notional, originative.
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