Synonyms for fantasy
ˈfæn tə si, -zifan·ta·sy

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1. fantasy

   A dream is strictly a train of thoughts, fantasies, and images passing through the mind during sleep; a vision may occur when one is awake, and in clear exercise of the senses and mental powers; vision is often applied to something seen by the mind through supernatural agency, whether in sleep or wakefulness, conceived as more real and authoritative than a dream; a trance is an abnormal state, which is different from normal sleep or wakefulness. A reverie is a purposeless drifting of the mind when awake, under the influence of mental images; a day-dream that which passes before the mind in such condition. A fancy is some image presented to the mind, often in the fullest exercise of its powers. Hallucination is the seeming perception of non-existent objects, as in insanity or delirium. In the figurative sense, we speak of dreams of fortune, visions of glory, with little difference of meaning except that the vision is thought of as fuller and more vivid. We speak of a trance of delight when the emotion almost sweeps one away from the normal exercise of the faculties.

   Synonyms:
   day-dream, dream, fancy, hallucination, reverie, romance, trance, vision

   Antonyms:
   certainty, fact, reality, realization, substance, verity

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1. fantasy, phantasynoun

   imagination unrestricted by reality

   "a schoolgirl fantasy"

   Synonyms:
   phantasy, illusion, fancy

2. fantasy, phantasynoun

   fiction with a large amount of imagination in it

   "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"

   Synonyms:
   phantasy, illusion, fancy

3. illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancyverb

   something many people believe that is false

   "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"

   Synonyms:
   deception, legerdemain, trick, illusion, delusion, phantasy, magic trick, thaumaturgy, head game, conjuring trick, fancy, fondness, semblance, magic, conjuration, partiality

4. fantasy, fantasize, fantasiseverb

   indulge in fantasies

   "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company"

   Synonyms:
   fantasize, fantasise

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1. fantasynoun

   Synonyms:
   caprice, whim, whimsey, FANCY

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1. List of paraphrases for "fantasy":

   imagination, imaginary, illusion, fancy, chimera, dream, fiction, fantasia, novelty, obsession, fantastic, utopia

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How to use fantasy in a sentence?

1. Bryant McGill:

   Ambition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy.

2. Paul Dergarabedian of comScore:

   Jeff Bock, a box office analyst with Exhibitor Relations, declared to Variety. But Ben-Hur isn't the only epic fail. Proving that Americans aren't impressed with much of Hollywood's summer slate, there have been multiple flops, including the Ghostbusters remake, Alice Through The Looking Glass, Star Trek Beyond, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Independence Day: Resurgence, The Legend of Tarzan, Warcraft, X Men: Apocalypse, and the Steven Spielberg directed fantasy, The BFG. Still, as The Wrap just reported, North American ticket sales are up 2.84 percent over 2015 receipts at this time. The films have cumulatively earned an astounding $4.14 billion domestic in figures calculated from 108 days after the first Friday in May until Aug. 22. This summer suffered from the problem of perception versus reality.

3. Mark DiMassimo:

   It pushes the sexiness, the weirdness, the fantasy element, which is just so culturally right for the moment when people are stuck at home together without a lot of diversion.

4. Bernie Sanders:

   All of that may be fantasy to the ruling class and the big money interests in this country. I don't think that's fantasy to the working people in this country who have worked longer hours for lower wages, who are tired of establishment politics and establishment economics, every proposal that we have brought forward, we've paid for ... Maybe the drug companies don't like it and the insurance companies don't like it. I think the American people do like it.

5. Killian Jones:

   On the daily fantasy side, we'll be operating three different formats, so we'll have a game that's just for qualifying, a game that's just for the race and a game that's the race weekend, including both qualifying and race.