fanciful

C1 Topic:Art & Music
US /ˈfænsɪfl̩/
adj Freq #33734

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Imagined rather than based on facts; unrealistic.

    His account of the events was fanciful and impossible to believe.

  2. 2
    adj

    Showing a lot of imagination in its design; intricate and unusual.

    The walls were covered with a fanciful pattern of vines and flowers.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · imagined rather than based... fanciednotional
Word family
Derived forms fancifullyfancifulnessnonfancifuloverfancifulunfanciful

Etymology

From fancy + -ful.

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