fanciful
C1
adj
Freq #33734
Meanings
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1
adj
indulging in or influenced by fancy
a fanciful mind
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2
adj
having a curiously intricate quality
a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers
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3
adj
Imaginative or fantastic; ignoring reality.
Near-synonyms: conceptual, fancied, ideal, notional
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4
adj
not based on fact
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5
adj
Unreal or imagined.
Etymology
From fancy + -ful.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
1
adj
· indulging in or influenced...
notional
4
adj
· not based on fact
notional
Word family
Derived forms
fancifullyfancifulnessnonfancifuloverfancifulunfanciful