fanciful

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US /ˈfænsɪfl̩/
adj Freq #33734

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    indulging in or influenced by fancy

    a fanciful mind

  2. 2
    adj

    having a curiously intricate quality

    a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers

  3. 3
    adj

    Imaginative or fantastic; ignoring reality.

    Near-synonyms: conceptual, fancied, ideal, notional

  4. 4
    adj

    not based on fact

  5. 5
    adj

    Unreal or imagined.

Etymology

From fancy + -ful.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · indulging in or influenced... notional
3 adj · imaginative or fantastic;... conceptualfanciedidealnotional
4 adj · not based on fact notional
Word family
Derived forms fancifullyfancifulnessnonfancifuloverfancifulunfanciful

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